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Cerebral Palsy
Data on cerebral palsy described by researchers at Medical University of South Carolina
June 15th, 2009
"The purpose of this study was to elucidate relationships between quadriceps and hamstrings voluntary muscle fatigue and upper motor lesion impairments in cerebral palsy in order to gain a better understanding of their contribution to the observed fatigue resistance. Seventeen ambulatory subjects with cerebral palsy (mean age: 17.0, SD = 4.8 years) were recruited," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Biomechanics report. "Quantitative measures of strength, spasticity, cocontraction, and stiffness for both muscle groups were collected on an isokinetic dynamometer and entered in a factor analysis. The resulting factors were used as independent variables in a...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2009-06-15)
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