Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume and fascicle length in children aged 2 to 5years with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-548

  Barber, Lee ^a   Hastings Ison, Tandy ^b   Baker, Richard ^b   Barrett, Rod ^a   Lichtwark, Glen ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; WALKING;

ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956050671     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03913.x     Document Type: Article

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