Resistance Training Combined With Stretching Increases Tendon Stiffness and Is More Effective Than Stretching Alone in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Hlavní autoři: Barbara M. Kalkman (Autor), Gill Holmes (Autor), Lynn Bar-On (Autor), Constantinos N. Maganaris (Autor), Gabor J. Barton (Autor), Alfie Bass (Autor), David M. Wright (Autor), Roger Walton (Autor), Thomas D. O'Brien (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Aim: Stretching is often used to increase/maintain muscle length and improve joint range of motion (ROM) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, outcomes at the muscle (remodeling) and resulting function appear to be highly variable and often unsatisfactory. During passive joint rotation, the...