Managing lower extremity muscle tone and function in children with cerebral palsy via eight-week repetitive passive knee movement intervention

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 554-561

  Cheng, Hsin Yi Kathy ^a   Ju, Yan Ying ^b   Chen, Chia Ling ^a,c   Chang, Ya Ju ^a   Wong, Alice May Kuen ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Cerebral palsy; Motor learning; Repetitive passive movement; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETREATMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING SPEED;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE TONUS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84868231284     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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