Passive muscle mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2496-2500

  Barber, Lee ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a   Lichtwark, Glen ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contracture; Fascicle; Physiological cross sectional area; Spasticity; Stiffness; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; ANKLE STIFFNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTRACTURE; DORSIFLEXIONS; FASCICLE; FREEHAND 3D ULTRASOUND; ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETERS; JOINT STIFFNESS; JOINT TORQUES; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCLE FASCICLES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SPASTICITY; STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

PHYSIOLOGY; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONICS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051573890     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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