Mirror visual feedback induces lower neuromuscular activity in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1525-1535

  Feltham, Max G ^a   Ledebt, Annick ^b   Deconinck, Frederik J A ^c   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^b,c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Co activation; Electromyography; Kinematics; Mirror

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77957143923     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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