Trunk and hip muscle activation patterns are different during walking in young children with and without cerebral palsy

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 986-997

  Prosser, Laura A ^a   Lee, Samuel C K ^b,c   VanSant, Ann F ^d   Barbe, Mary F ^d   Lauer, Richard T ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77954632932     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090161     Document Type: Article

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