Contributing factors to muscle weakness in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 542-550

  Elder, Geoffrey C B ^a   Stewart, Geoff ^a   Cook, Kathryn ^b   Weir, Derek ^a   Marshall, Arthur ^c   Leahey, Lorne ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTICS; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0038637330     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203000999     Document Type: Article

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