Dorsiflexor muscle-group thickness in children with cerebral palsy: relation to cross-sectional area.
If the thickness and cross-sectional area of the dorsiflexor muscle group are related in children with cerebral palsy, measurements of muscle thickness may be used to monitor changes in muscle size due to training or immobilisation in these patients. We assessed the validity and reliability of measu...
| Publicado en: | NeuroRehabilitation Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 299 - 307 |
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| Formato: | diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2009
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