Open AccessRelationships among Measures of Knee Musculoskeletal Impairments, Gross Motor Function, and Walking Efficiency in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Author(s) -
Hui-Ting Goh,
Mary Thompson,
Weibin Huang,
Sue Schafer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/01.pep.0000233054.26082.4e
Subject(s) - spasticity , cerebral palsy , isometric exercise , hamstring , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , medicine , spastic , gross motor function classification system , modified ashworth scale , spastic cerebral palsy , knee joint , gross motor skill , motor skill , surgery , psychiatry
The study was designed to determine whether relationships exist among knee muscle spasticity, isometric knee muscle strength, knee muscle balance, gross motor function, and walking efficiency in children with spastic cerebral palsy and to evaluate the relative contributions of impairment measures to functional outcome measures.