A dynamical model of locomotion in spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy: Influence of walking speed

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 793-805

  Fonseca, Sérgio T ^a   Holt, Kenneth G ^b,c   Saltzman, Elliot ^b,c,d   Fetters, Linda ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dynamical systems; Locomotion; Oscillatory models

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS;

DAMPING MODELS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMICS; FORCE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPASTICITY; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; WALKING;

EID: 0034754312     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(01)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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