Evaluation of clinical spasticity assessment in Cerebral palsy using inertial sensors

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-143

  van den Noort, Josien C ^a   Scholtes, Vanessa A ^a   Harlaar, Jaap ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Cerebral palsy; Movement analysis; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67649372478     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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