%0 Journal Article %1 Lespargot1994 %A Lespargot, A. %A Renaudin, E. %A Khouri, N. %A Robert, M. %D 1994 %J Dev Med Child Neurol %K Cerebral Palsy; Child; Female; Hip Joint; Humans; Male; Range of Motion, Articular %N 11 %P 980--988 %T Extensibility of hip adductors in children with cerebral palsy. %V 36 %X The passive extension of relaxed hip adductor muscles was measured in 20 normal children and 10 children (aged nine to 13 years) with cerebral palsy (CP) by a method that could distinguish between shortening of the muscle body and tendon. No muscle-body contracture occurred in the children with CP during treatment (physiotherapy plus moderate stretching on an apparatus for six hours a day); only the tendons were short. However, four children showed signs of muscle-body contracture after interrupting treatment for six to eight weeks. It is possible that muscle-body contracture can be prevented by non-surgical methods, although tendon shortening can, at present, only be treated surgically.

@article{Lespargot1994, abstract = {The passive extension of relaxed hip adductor muscles was measured in 20 normal children and 10 children (aged nine to 13 years) with cerebral palsy (CP) by a method that could distinguish between shortening of the muscle body and tendon. No muscle-body contracture occurred in the children with CP during treatment (physiotherapy plus moderate stretching on an apparatus for six hours a day); only the tendons were short. However, four children showed signs of muscle-body contracture after interrupting treatment for six to eight weeks. It is possible that muscle-body contracture can be prevented by non-surgical methods, although tendon shortening can, at present, only be treated surgically.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T20:42:10.000+0200}, author = {Lespargot, A. and Renaudin, E. and Khouri, N. and Robert, M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27606b0b2940306db8ee9166e9851dcbb/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {921f4db6ef03e8b508de3c38b7ebd56f}, intrahash = {7606b0b2940306db8ee9166e9851dcbb}, journal = {Dev Med Child Neurol}, keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child; Female; Hip Joint; Humans; Male; Range of Motion, Articular}, month = Nov, number = 11, pages = {980--988}, pmid = {7958516}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T20:42:10.000+0200}, title = {Extensibility of hip adductors in children with cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 36, year = 1994 }