The effects of muscle-tendon surgery on dynamic electromyographic patterns and muscle tone in children with cerebral palsy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-220

  Dreher, T ^a   Brunner, R ^b   Vegvari, D ^c   Heitzmann, D ^a   Gantz, S ^a   Maier, M W ^a   Braatz, F ^a   Wolf, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ashworth scale; Cerebral palsy; Dynamic electromyography; Gait analysis; Muscle lengthening surgery; Muscle tone; Patterns of muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDON SURGERY;

ASHWORTH SCALE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DYNAMIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE LENGTHENING SURGERY; MUSCLE TONE; PATTERNS OF MUSCLE ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880036200     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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