Electromyographic evaluation of the sound and involved side during gait of spastic hemiplegic children with cerebral palsy

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 691-699

  Patikas, Dimitrios ^a   Wolf, S ^a   Doderlein L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Electromyography; Hemiplegia; Muscle spasticity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEMIPLEGIA; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 24744459006     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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