Biomechanic characteristics of patients with spastic and dystonic hypertonia in cerebral palsy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 875-880

  Lebiedowska, Maria K ^a   Gaebler Spira, Deborah ^b   Burns, Richard S ^a   Fisk, John R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dystonia; Muscle hypertonia; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPASTICITY; STANDING; TENDON REFLEX; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DYSTONIA; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TENDONS; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 3042670215     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.032     Document Type: Article

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