Forearm Flexor Muscles in Children with Cerebral Palsy Are Weak, Thin and Stiff

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often develop reduced passive range of motion with age. The determining factor underlying this process is believed to be progressive development of contracture in skeletal muscle that likely changes the biomechanics of the joints. Consequently, to identify the under...

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Main Authors: Eva Pontén, Ferdinand von Walden, Kian Jalaleddini, Björn Evertsson, Johanna Friberg, Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncom.2017.00030/full