Mechanical properties of the plantarflexor musculotendinous unit during passive dorsiflexion in children with cerebral palsy compared with typically developing children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Alhusaini, Adel Aa ^a,b   Crosbie, Jack ^b   Shepherd, Roberta B ^b   Dean, Catherine M ^b   Scheinberg, Adam ^c,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TENDON; TORQUE;

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953940695     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03600.x     Document Type: Article

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