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Effects of ankle–foot braces on medial gastrocnemius morphometrics and gait in children with cerebral palsy

PURPOSE: In children with cerebral palsy (CP), braces are used to counteract progressive joint and muscle contracture and improve function. We examined the effects of positional ankle–foot braces on contracture of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) and gait in children with CP while referencing to typica...

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Autores principales: Hösl, Matthias, Böhm, Harald, Arampatzis, Adamantios, Döderlein, Leonhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26108740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-015-0664-x