Plantar flexor muscle weakness and fatigue in spastic cerebral palsy patients

Neyroud, Daria; Armand, Stéphane; De Coulon, Geraldo; Dias Da Silva, Sarah R; Maffiuletti, Nicola A; Kayser, Bengt E.; Place, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2016.12.015

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Plantar flexor muscle weakness and fatigue in spastic cerebral palsy patients

ContributorsNeyroud, Daria; Armand, Stéphane

; De Coulon, Geraldo; Dias Da Silva, Sarah R; Maffiuletti, Nicola A; Kayser, Bengt E.; Place, Nicolas

Published inResearch in developmental disabilities, vol. 61, p. 66-76

Publication date2017

Abstract

Patients with cerebral palsy develop an important muscle weakness which might affect the aetiology and extent of exercise-induced neuromuscular fatigue.

Keywords

Calf muscles
M wave
Maximal voluntary force
Muscle twitch
Voluntary activation

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NEYROUD, Daria et al. Plantar flexor muscle weakness and fatigue in spastic cerebral palsy patients. In: Research in developmental disabilities, 2017, vol. 61, p. 66–76. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.12.015

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PID : unige:93770
DOI : 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.12.015
PMID : 28064025

ISSN of the journal0891-4222

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Plantar flexor muscle weakness and fatigue in spastic cerebral palsy patients

Patients with cerebral palsy develop an important muscle weakness which might affect the aetiology and extent of exercise-induced neuromuscular fatigue.

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