Characteristics of locomotor control in children with cerebral palsy

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-582

  Berger, Wiltrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Coactivation; Development; Gait; Group I II afferents

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WALKING;

EID: 0031949739     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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