Muscle stiffness and strength and their relation to hand function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 728-733

  Vaz, Daniela Virgínia ^a   Cotta Mancini, Marisa ^a   Fonseca, Sérgio T ^a   Vieira, Danielle Soares Rocha ^a   Eustáquio de Melo Pertence, Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JEBSEN TAYLOR HAND FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33747202501     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001563     Document Type: Article

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