Changes in muscle activity in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy while walking with and without ankle-foot orthoses

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Romkes, J ^a   Hell, A K ^a   Brunner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankle foot orthosis; Cerebral palsy; EMG; Gait analysis; Hemiplegia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; WALKING;

EID: 33750336727     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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