Co-contraction during passive movements of the knee joint in children with cerebral palsy

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1045-1048

  Pierce, Samuel R ^a,b   Barbe, Mary F ^c,d   Barr, Ann E ^c,d   Shewokis, Patricia A ^a,e   Lauer, Richard T ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Co contraction; Passive movement; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CO-CONTRACTION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; SPASTICITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE REFLEX; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SPASTICITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548784310     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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