Association between isometric muscle strength and gait joint kinetics in adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-332

  Dallmeijer, A J ^a   Baker, R ^b,c   Dodd, K J ^d   Taylor, N F ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Isometric muscle strength; Joint kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952005027     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.10.092     Document Type: Article

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