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A new strength assessment to evaluate the association between muscle weakness and gait pathology in children with cerebral palsy

AIM: The main goal of this validation study was to evaluate whether lower limb muscle weakness and plantar flexor rate of force development (RFD) related to altered gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy (CP), when weakness was assessed with maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVICs)...

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Autores principales: Goudriaan, Marije, Nieuwenhuys, Angela, Schless, Simon-Henri, Goemans, Nathalie, Molenaers, Guy, Desloovere, Kaat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29324873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191097