Is the modified Tardieu scale in semi-standing position better associated with knee extension and hamstring activity in terminal swing than the supine Tardieu?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Faber, Irene R ^a   Nienhuis, Bart ^b   Rijs, Nique P A M ^c   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MODIFIED TARDIEU SCALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPASTICITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 42449103506     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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