Muscle strength and kinetic gait pattern in children with bilateral spastic CP

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-337

  Eek, Meta Nyström ^a,b   Tranberg, Roy ^b,c   Beckung, Eva ^b,c  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood disability; Gait; Kinetics; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINETICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952003124     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.10.093     Document Type: Article

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