Effects of massage on the mechanical behaviour of muscles in adolescents with spastic diplegia: A pilot study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-191

  Macgregor, Russell ^a   Campbell, Ross ^a   Gladden, Margaret H ^a   Tennant, Nicola ^b   Young, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; SPASTIC PARESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ANKLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SARCOMERES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047270565     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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