Knee Moment-Angle Characteristics and Semitendinosus Muscle Morphology in Children with Spastic Paresis Selected for Medial Hamstring Lengthening

Helga Haberfehlner; Richard T. Jaspers; Erich Rutz; Jules G. Becher; Jaap Harlaar; Johannes A. van der Sluijs; Melinda M. Witbreuk; Jacqueline Romkes; Marie Freslier; Reinald Brunner; Huub Maas; Annemieke I. Buizer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166401

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Knee Moment-Angle Characteristics and Semitendinosus Muscle Morphology in Children with Spastic Paresis Selected for Medial Hamstring Lengthening

Helga Haberfehlner,

Affiliations Laboratory for Myology, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Richard T. Jaspers ,

* E-mail: r.t.jaspers@vu.nl

Affiliations Laboratory for Myology, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Erich Rutz,

Affiliations Pediatric Orthopaedic Department, University Children’s Hospital Basle (UKBB), Basle, Switzerland, Laboratory for Movement Analysis, University Children's Hospital Basle (UKBB), Basle, Switzerland
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Jules G. Becher,

Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jaap Harlaar,

Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Johannes A. van der Sluijs,

Affiliations MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Melinda M. Witbreuk,

Affiliations MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jacqueline Romkes,

Affiliation Laboratory for Movement Analysis, University Children's Hospital Basle (UKBB), Basle, Switzerland
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Marie Freslier,

Affiliation Laboratory for Movement Analysis, University Children's Hospital Basle (UKBB), Basle, Switzerland
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Reinald Brunner,

Affiliations Pediatric Orthopaedic Department, University Children’s Hospital Basle (UKBB), Basle, Switzerland, Laboratory for Movement Analysis, University Children's Hospital Basle (UKBB), Basle, Switzerland
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Huub Maas ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huub Maas, Annemieke I. Buizer

Affiliations Laboratory for Myology, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Annemieke I. Buizer

Contributed equally to this work with: Huub Maas, Annemieke I. Buizer

Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Knee Moment-Angle Characteristics and Semitendinosus Muscle Morphology in Children with Spastic Paresis Selected for Medial Hamstring Lengthening

Helga Haberfehlner,
Richard T. Jaspers,
Erich Rutz,
Jules G. Becher,
Jaap Harlaar,
Johannes A. van der Sluijs,
Melinda M. Witbreuk,
Jacqueline Romkes,
Marie Freslier,
Reinald Brunner

Published: November 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166401

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