In vivo muscle architecture and size of the rectus femoris and vastus lateralis in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 800-806

  Moreau, Noelle G ^a   Teefey, Sharlene A ^b   Damiano, Diane L ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; THICKNESS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349565978     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03307.x     Document Type: Article

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