The Relationship Between Medial Gastrocnemius Lengthening Properties and Stretch Reflexes in Cerebral Palsy

The Relationship Between Medial Gastrocnemius Lengthening Properties and Stretch Reflexes in Cerebral Palsy

Stretch reflex hyperactivity in the gastrocnemius of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) is commonly evaluated by passively rotating the ankle joint into dorsiflexion at different velocities, such as applied in conventional clinical spasticity assessments. However, surface electromyography (sE...

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Main Authors: Lynn Bar-On, Barbara M. Kalkman, Francesco Cenni, Simon-Henri Schless, Guy Molenaers, Constantinos N. Maganaris, Alfie Bass, Gill Holmes, Gabor J. Barton, Thomas D. O'Brien, Kaat Desloovere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
cerebral palsy
stretch reflexes
spasticity
muscle stiffness
dynamic ultrasound
EMG
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2018.00259/full

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