Accuracy of Manual Needle Placement for Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children With Cerebral Palsy Checked Against Ultrasonography

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-744

  Yang, Eun Joo ^a   Rha, Dong wook ^a   Yoo, Jun Ki ^a   Park, Eun Sook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxins; Cerebral palsy; Gastrocnemius muscle; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL NEEDLE PLACEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249129810     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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