Continuum of reflex excitability in hemiplegia: influence of muscle length and muscular transformation after heel-cord lengthening and immobilization on the pathophysiology of spasticity and clonus.

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The electromyographic (EMG) responses to tendon taps at the ankle and ensuing muscular twitch forces and temporal parameters were studied at varying angles across the joint range in 18 children, aged 3 to 14.9 years, with congenital hemiparetic cerebral palsy and 22 healthy (control) children, aged 3 to 13.6 years. Those subjects with hemiparesis were community ambulators without assistance. In all subjects,...

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