Assessment of surface electromyographic clinical analysis of selective femoral neurotomy on cerebral palsy with stiff knee

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-102

  Wang, Shijie ^a   Miao, Suhua ^a   Zhuang, Ping ^b   Chen, Yetao ^a   Liu, Haisheng ^a   Zuo, Huancong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Functional Neurosurgery   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Range of motion; Selective femoral neurotomy; Stiff knee; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE FEMORAL NEUROTOMY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958100334     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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