Muscle strength and walking ability in Diplegic Cerebral Palsy: Implications for assessment and management

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-325

  Thompson, Nicky ^a,b   Stebbins, Julie ^a   Seniorou, Maria ^a   Newham, Di ^b  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral Palsy; Gait; Gross motor functional classification system; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLEGIA; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HIP ABDUCTOR MUSCLE; HIP EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTIC DIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY; SPASTICITY; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 79952009251     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.10.091     Document Type: Article

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