Quantifying muscle activity in non-ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy before and after selective dorsal rhizotomy

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Perry, Julie E ^a   Davis, Brian L ^a   Luciano, Mark G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Electromyography; Motion analysis; Rhizotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RHIZOTOMY;

EID: 0035139419     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(00)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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