Does tendon lengthening surgery affect muscle tone in children with cerebral palsy?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 808-814

  Vlachou, Maria ^a   Pierce, Rosemary ^a   Davis, Rita Miranda ^a   Sussman, Michael ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Spasticity; Tendon lengthening

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749169468     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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