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

Dreher, T; Brunner, R; Vegvari, D; Heitzmann, D; Gantz, S; Maier, M W; Braatz, F; Wolf, S I

Dreher, T; Brunner, R; Vegvari, D; Heitzmann, D; Gantz, S; Maier, M W; Braatz, F; Wolf, S I.

Affiliation

Dreher T; Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. thomas.dreher@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Gait Posture ; 38(2): 215-20, 2013 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23228624

Subject(s)

Cerebral Palsy/surgery; Electromyography; Gait Disorders, Neurologic/surgery; Muscle Spasticity/surgery; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Skeletal/surgery; Tendons/surgery; Tenotomy; Adolescent; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cerebral Palsy/complications; Child; Female; Gait; Gait Disorders, Neurologic/etiology; Humans; Male; Muscle Spasticity/etiology; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology; Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology; Range of Motion, Articular; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome

Key words

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

Fulltext

Add to My VHL

XML

PubMed Links

Search on Google

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tendons / Cerebral Palsy / Muscle, Skeletal / Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Electromyography / Tenotomy / Muscle Spasticity / Muscle Tonus Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Gait Posture Journal subject: ORTOPEDIA Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Germany Country of publication: United kingdom

Fulltext

Add to My VHL

XML

PubMed Links

Search on Google