Effects of strength training aided by electrical stimulation on wrist muscle characteristics and hand function of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-325

  Vaz, Daniela Virginia ^a,b   Mancini, Marisa Cotta ^b   Da Fonseca, Sergio Teixeira ^a   Arantes, Nayara Flamini ^a   Da Silva Pinto, Tatiana Pessoa ^a   De Araujo, Priscila Albuquerque ^a  

^a Physical Therapy Department   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hand function; Hemiplegic cerebral palsy; Passive stiffness; Strength; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 66049088001     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01942630802307069     Document Type: Article

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