Measurement of ankle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy using a manual spasticity evaluator

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 4896-4899

  Peng, Qiyu ^a   Shah, Parag ^a   Selles, Ruud W ^a   Gaebler Spira, Deborah J ^a   Zhang, Li Qun ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Manual spasticity evaluator; Tardieu scale

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT REHABILITATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; MANUAL SPASTICITY EVALUATOR; POSITION SENSORS; TARDIEU SCALE;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 11144334733     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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