Changes of calf muscle-tendon properties due to stretching and active movement of children with cerebral palsy - A pilot study

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5287-5290

  Zhao, Heng ^a   Wu, Yi Ning ^a   Liu, Jie ^b,c   Ren, Yupeng ^a   Gaebler Spira, Deborah J ^d   Zhang, Li Qun ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; STIFFNESS;

ACHILLES TENDONS; ACTIVE MOVEMENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; ANKLE REHABILITATION ROBOTS; CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSIES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; PILOT STUDIES;

TENDONS;

EID: 77951011103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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