Neuromuscular adaptations to eccentric strength training in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-363

  Reid, Siobhán ^a   Hamer, Peter ^b   Alderson, Jacqueline ^a   Lloyd, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TORQUE; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE;

EID: 77951198264     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03409.x     Document Type: Article

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