Relationship Between Age and Spasticity in Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 448-451

  Pierce, Samuel R ^a,b   Prosser, Laura A ^c   Lauer, Richard T ^a,c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral palsy; Muscle spasticity; Rehabiliation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ORTHOPEDICS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; REFLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949290658     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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