Reach performance and postural adjustments during standing in children with severe spastic diplegia using dynamic ankle-foot orthoses

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 715-723

  Näslund, Annika ^a   Sundelin, Gunnevi ^b   Hirschfeld, Helga ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Kinematics and postural adjustments; Kinetics; Orthoses; Reaching; Spastic diplegia

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FORCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOSIS; PARALYSIS; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANKLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURE;

EID: 36849038328     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0121     Document Type: Article

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