Evaluation of plantar flexion contracture contribution during the gait of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gaudreault, Nathaly ^a   Gravel, Denis ^a,b   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractures; Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LOWER LEG; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANKLE JOINT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; TORQUE;

EID: 62649159464     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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