Passive muscle properties are altered in children with cerebral palsy before the age of 3 years and are difficult to distinguish clinically from spasticity
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Passive muscle properties are altered in children with cerebral palsy before the age of 3 years and are difficult to distinguish clinically from spasticity. / Willerslev-Olsen, Maria; Lorentzen, Jakob; Sinkjær, Thomas; Nielsen, Jens Bo.
In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Vol. 55, No. 7, 2013, p. 617-623.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Passive muscle properties are altered in children with cerebral palsy before the age of 3 years and are difficult to distinguish clinically from spasticity
AU - Willerslev-Olsen, Maria
AU - Lorentzen, Jakob
AU - Sinkjær, Thomas
AU - Nielsen, Jens Bo
N1 - CURIS 2013 NEXS 108
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - AIM: Clinical determination of spasticity is confounded by the difficulty in distinguishing reflex from passive contributions to muscle stiffness. There is, therefore, a risk that children with cerebral palsy (CP) receive antispasticity treatment unnecessarily. To investigate this, we aimed to determine the contribution of reflex mechanisms to changes in the passive elastic properties of muscles and tendons in children with CP. METHOD: Biomechanical and electrophysiological measures were used to determine the relative contribution of reflex and passive mechanisms to ankle muscle stiffness in 35 children with spastic CP (21 males, 14 females; mean age 9y, SD 3y 4mo; range 3-15y) and 28 control children without CP (19 males, nine females; mean age 8y 11mo, SD 2y 10mo; range 3-15y). Twenty-seven children were diagnosed as having spastic hemiplegia, six with spastic diplegia, and two with spastic tetraplegia. According to the Gross Motor Function Classification System, 31 children were classified in level I, two in level II, and two in level III. RESULTS: Only seven children with spastic CP showed reflex stiffness outside the range of the control children. In contrast, 20 children with spastic CP showed abnormal passive muscle stiffness (p
AB - AIM: Clinical determination of spasticity is confounded by the difficulty in distinguishing reflex from passive contributions to muscle stiffness. There is, therefore, a risk that children with cerebral palsy (CP) receive antispasticity treatment unnecessarily. To investigate this, we aimed to determine the contribution of reflex mechanisms to changes in the passive elastic properties of muscles and tendons in children with CP. METHOD: Biomechanical and electrophysiological measures were used to determine the relative contribution of reflex and passive mechanisms to ankle muscle stiffness in 35 children with spastic CP (21 males, 14 females; mean age 9y, SD 3y 4mo; range 3-15y) and 28 control children without CP (19 males, nine females; mean age 8y 11mo, SD 2y 10mo; range 3-15y). Twenty-seven children were diagnosed as having spastic hemiplegia, six with spastic diplegia, and two with spastic tetraplegia. According to the Gross Motor Function Classification System, 31 children were classified in level I, two in level II, and two in level III. RESULTS: Only seven children with spastic CP showed reflex stiffness outside the range of the control children. In contrast, 20 children with spastic CP showed abnormal passive muscle stiffness (p
U2 - 10.1111/dmcn.12124
DO - 10.1111/dmcn.12124
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23517272
VL - 55
SP - 617
EP - 623
JO - Developmental medicine and child neurology. Supplement
JF - Developmental medicine and child neurology. Supplement
SN - 0419-0238
IS - 7
ER -
ID: 45774724