Hyperactive stretch reflexes, co-contraction, and muscle weakness in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-135

  Poon, Dora M Y ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TORQUE;

EID: 58849100021     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03122.x     Document Type: Article

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