Deficits in eccentric versus concentric torque in children with spastic cerebral palsy

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-122

  Damiano, Diane L ^a   Martellotta, Tracy L ^a   Quinlivan, Jeffrey M ^a   Abel, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isokinetics; Muscles; Spasticity; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SPASTICITY; TORQUE;

EID: 0035151419     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200101000-00018     Document Type: Article

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