Muscle architecture, growth, and biological Remodelling in cerebral palsy: a narrative review

GG Handsfield, S Williams, S Khuu, G Lichtwark… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
Cerebral palsy (CP) is caused by a static lesion to the brain occurring in utero or up to the
first 2 years of life; it often manifests as musculoskeletal impairments and movement …

Gross muscle morphology and structure in spastic cerebral palsy: a systematic review

RS Barrett, GA Lichtwark - Developmental Medicine & Child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This systematic review and critical evaluation of the literature was conducted to
determine how gross muscle morphology and structure are altered in individuals with …

Skeletal muscle mechanics, energetics and plasticity

RL Lieber, TJ Roberts, SS Blemker, SSM Lee… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
The following papers by Richard Lieber (Skeletal Muscle as an Actuator), Thomas Roberts
(Elastic Mechanisms and Muscle Function), Silvia Blemker (Skeletal Muscle has a Mind of its …

Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume and fascicle length in children aged 2 to 5 years with cerebral palsy

LEE Barber, T HASTINGS‐ISON… - … medicine & child …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this article was to compare medial gastrocnemius muscle volume,
physiological cross‐sectional area (PCSA), muscle length, fascicle length, and pennation …

Botulinum toxin intervention in cerebral palsy-induced spasticity management: projected and contradictory effects on skeletal muscles

CS Kaya Keles, F Ates - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spasticity, following the neurological disorder of cerebral palsy (CP), describes a
pathological condition, the central feature of which is involuntary and prolonged muscle …

Lower limb muscle volumes in bilateral spastic cerebral palsy

JJ Noble, NR Fry, AP Lewis, SF Keevil, M Gough… - Brain and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim: Muscle weakness is a feature of individuals with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) but there
are few reports in the literature of muscle volume in this group. This study compares muscle …

Heterogeneity of muscle sizes in the lower limbs of children with cerebral palsy

GG Handsfield, CH Meyer, MF Abel… - Muscle & nerve, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is associated with reduced muscle volumes, but previous
studies have reported deficits in only a small number of muscles. The extent of volume …

[HTML][HTML] Botulinum toxin intervention in cerebral palsy-induced spasticity management: projected and contradictory effects on skeletal muscles

CSK Keles, F Ates - Toxins, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spasticity, following the neurological disorder of cerebral palsy (CP), describes a
pathological condition, the central feature of which is involuntary and prolonged muscle …

How mechanics of individual muscle-tendon units define knee and ankle joint function in health and cerebral palsy—a narrative review

CS Kaya Keles, F Ates - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study reviews the relationship between muscle-tendon biomechanics and joint function,
with a particular focus on how cerebral palsy (CP) affects this relationship. In healthy …

Medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscle‐tendon unit, fascicle, and tendon interaction during walking in children with cerebral palsy

L Barber, C Carty, L Modenese, J Walsh… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This study investigates the in vivo function of the medial gastrocnemius and soleus
muscle‐tendon units (MTU), fascicles, and tendons during walking in children with cerebral …