Changes in hip spasticity and strength following selective dorsal rhizotomy and physical therapy for spastic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-226

  Engsberg, Jack R ^a   Ross, Sandy A ^a   Wagner, Joanne M ^a   Park, T S ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RHIZOTOMY; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036105729     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0012162201001980     Document Type: Article

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