Time-frequency changes in electromyographic signals after hamstring lengthening surgery in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2738-2743

  Lauer, Richard T ^a   Smith, Brian T ^a   Shewokis, Patricia A ^a,b   McCarthy, James J ^a   Tucker, Carole A ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Electromyography; Hamstring lengthening; Locomotion; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MOTION CONTROL; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURGERY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HAMSTRING LENGTHENING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 34547804775     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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