Primary and secondary factors contributing to altered muscle morphology in children with spastic cerebral palsy KU Leuven
In the last decade, several investigations of altered muscle morphology demonstrated reduced muscle size and lengths in children with SCP in comparison to their typically developing (TD) peers. The morphological muscle deficits were already observed from a young age and with a more pronounced reduction in muscle size for children with more limited functional abilities as indicated by higher gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) ...