Passive dynamics of the knee joint in healthy children and children affected by spastic paresis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 653-660

  Lebiedowska, Maria K ^a   Fisk, John R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Passive dynamics; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GROWTH KINETICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDREN; FOOT; FOREARM; KNEE; LIMB; LOWER LEG; PASSIVE DYNAMICS; SPASTIC PARESIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LOWER LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPASTIC PARESIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC;

EID: 0032845705     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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