Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) in the treatment of spasticity in cerebral palsy: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 413-419

  Vidal, Xavier ^a,b   Morral, Antonio ^b   Costa, Lluís ^b   Tur, Miriam ^a  

^a Cerebral Palsy Association (ASPACE)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; extracorporeal shock wave therapy; hypertonia; muscle tone; spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; RADIAL EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SHOCK WAVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856860639     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0720     Document Type: Article

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