Relation between muscle thickness, spasticity, and activity limitations in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-156

  Ohata, Koji ^a,b   Tsuboyama, Tadao ^a   Haruta, Taishi ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a   Kato, Takeo ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349059229     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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