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A comprehensive normative reference database of muscle morphology in typically developing children aged 3–18 years : a cross‐sectional ultrasound study Ghent University
During childhood, muscle growth is stimulated by a gradual increase in bone length and body mass, as well as by other factors, such as physical activity, nutrition, metabolic, hormonal, and genetic factors. Muscle characteristics, such as muscle volume, anatomical cross-sectional area, and muscle belly length, need to continuously adapt to meet the daily functional demands. Pediatric neurological and neuromuscular disorders, like cerebral palsy ...
Comprehensive evaluation of gait, spasticity, and muscle morphology : a case report of a child with spastic paresis treated with Botulinum NeuroToxin-A, serial casting, and physiotherapy Ghent University KU Leuven
A comprehensive normative reference database of muscle morphology in typically developing children aged 3-18 years-a cross-sectional ultrasound study KU Leuven Ghent University
During childhood, muscle growth is stimulated by a gradual increase in bone length and body mass, as well as by other factors, such as physical activity, nutrition, metabolic, hormonal, and genetic factors. Muscle characteristics, such as muscle volume, anatomical cross-sectional area, and muscle belly length, need to continuously adapt to meet the daily functional demands. Pediatric neurological and neuromuscular disorders, like cerebral palsy ...
Impact of High Intensity Exercise on Muscle Morphology in EAE Rats Hasselt University University of Antwerp
The impact of high-intensity exercise on disease progression and muscle contractile properties in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) remains unclear. Control (CON) and EAE rats were divided into sedentary and exercise groups. Before onset (experiment 1, n=40) and after hindquarter paralysis (experiment 2, n=40), isokinetic foot extensor strength, cross sectional area (CSA) of tibialis anterior (TA), extensor digitorum longus (EDL) ...
Changes in muscle morphology in female chronic neck pain patients using magnetic resonance imaging University of Antwerp KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Study Design. Population-based cross-sectional study. Objective. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of changes in muscle morphology in patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain (CINP) and chronic whiplash-associated disorder (CWAD). Summary of Background Data. Worldwide, neck pain (NP) is a common health problem with high socioeconomic burden. A high percentage of these patients evolves toward chronic symptoms. Efficacy of ...
Combining muscle morphology and neuromotor symptoms to explain abnormal gait at the ankle joint level in cerebral palsy Ghent University KU Leuven
Associations between muscle morphology and spasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy KU Leuven Ghent University
INTRODUCTION: Due to the heterogeneous clinical presentation of spastic cerebral palsy (SCP), which makes spasticity treatment challenging, more insight into the complex interaction between spasticity and altered muscle morphology is warranted. AIMS: We studied associations between spasticity and muscle morphology and compared muscle morphology between commonly observed spasticity patterns (i.e. different muscle activation patterns during ...
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) ...