Ankle torque steadiness is related to muscle activation variability and coactivation in children with cerebral palsy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-410

  Bandholm, Thomas ^a   Rose, Martin H ^b   Sløk, Rikke ^b   Sonne Holm, Stig ^a   Jensen, Bente R ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Chronic; Gait disorders; Muscle spasticity; Neurologic; Psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE;

EID: 69849109443     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21348     Document Type: Article

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