Does acute passive stretching increase muscle length in children with cerebral palsy?
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Does acute passive stretching increase muscle length in children with cerebral palsy?
BACKGROUND Children with spastic cerebral palsy experience increased muscle stiffness and reduced muscle length, which may prevent elongation of the muscle during stretch. Stretching performed either by the clinician, or children themselves is used as a treatment modality to increase/maintain joint range of motion. It is not clear whether the associated increases in muscle-tendon unit length ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Biomechanics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0268-0033
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2013.10.001