The relationship between spasticity in young children (18 months of age) with cerebral palsy and their gross motor function development

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gorter, Jan Willem ^a,b   Verschuren, Olaf ^b,c,d   Van Riel, Laura ^b   Ketelaar, Marjolijn ^b,c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Partner of NetChild   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre 'De Hoogstraat'   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 70349664298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-108     Document Type: Article

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