Muscle activation patterns when passively stretching spastic lower limb muscles of children with cerebral palsy.

The definition of spasticity as a velocity-dependent activation of the tonic stretch reflex during a stretch to a passive muscle is the most widely accepted. However, other mechanisms are also thought to contribute to pathological muscle activity and, in patients post-stroke and spinal cord injury c...

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Main Authors: Lynn Bar-On, Erwin Aertbeliën, Guy Molenaers, Kaat Desloovere
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0fd92527286c4b9ab214cdc90e36ecf3
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