Muscle tendon unit comparisons between infants born preterm and infants born full term: A pilot study

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-314

  Beuttler, Marybeth Grant ^a   Shewokis, Patricia A ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Full term infant; Joint range of motion; Muscle contraction; Muscle relaxation; Muscles physiopathology; Preterm infant; Reliability of results; Tendons physiopathology

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TERM BIRTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 38949136458     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181592912     Document Type: Article

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