The Leg Drop Pendulum Test performed under general anesthesia in spastic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 273-281

  Fee Jr , James W ^a   Miller, Freeman ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 1842431589     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2004.tb00482.x     Document Type: Article

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