Electrical stimulation of gluteus maximus in children with cerebral palsy: Effects on gait characteristics and muscle strength

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 385-390

  Van Der Linden, M L ^a   Hazlewood, M E ^a   Aitchison, A M ^a   Hillman, S J ^a   Robb, J E ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HEMIPLEGIA; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; BUTTOCKS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037612599     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203000732     Document Type: Article

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