Tendon release reduced joint stiffness with unaltered leg stiffness during gait in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

• Chien-Chung Kuo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Hsing-Po Huang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Ting-Ming Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-5993

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• Shih-Wun Hong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Li-Wei Hung,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Ken N. Kuo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Tung-Wu Lu

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: twlu@ntu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3458-6049

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