Muscle paresis and passive stiffness: Key determinants in limiting function in Hereditary and Sporadic Spastic Paraparesis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-271

  Marsden, Jon ^a   Ramdharry, Gita ^b   Stevenson, Valerie ^c   Thompson, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hereditary spastic paraparesis; Paresis; Spasticity; Stiff legged gait; Stiffness; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 84856686102     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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