O63: Medial gastrocnemius muscle in children with Spastic Paresis show growth defects for muscle volume and altered normalized muscle and tendon length compared to typically developed children

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O63: Medial gastrocnemius muscle in children with Spastic Paresis show growth defects for muscle volume and altered normalized muscle and tendon length compared to typically developed children

Abstract (2017)

Author(s)

Guido Weide (Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Lynn Bar-on (Amsterdam UMC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Lizeth Sloot (Amsterdam UMC)

Annemieke Buizer (Amsterdam UMC)

Peter A.J.B.M. Huijing (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Jaap Harlaar (Amsterdam UMC, TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Richard T. Jaspers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Research Group

Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.06.317 Final published version

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Publication Year

2017

Language

English

Research Group

Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control

Issue number

Supplement 1

Volume number

57

Pages (from-to)

110-111

Event

26th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC 2017) (2017-09-06 - 2017-09-09), Trondheim, Norway

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Abstract

Typically, Spastic Paresis (SCP) causes morphological changes of m. gastrocnemius medialis (GM) that may change its mechanical characteristics. An enhanced resistance to dorsal flexion may in part be explained by such changes.