Effect of balance training on muscle activity used in recovery of stability in children with cerebral palsy: A pilot study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 455-461

  Woollacott, Marjorie ^a   Shumway Cook, Anne ^b   Hutchinson, Susan ^b   Ciol, Marcia ^b   Price, Robert ^b   Kartin, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244459129     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000885     Document Type: Article

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