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Neuromuscular Diseases

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Pediatric Sports Medicine for the Practitioner

Part of the book series: Comprehensive Manuals in Pediatrics ((CM PEDIATRICS))

Abstract

Whether spastic, athetotic, or ataxic, the child with CP is limited in his physical abilities. The spastic child may not be able to generate much muscle force or endure effort for a long time but can perform fine movements better than the athetotic child. The latter can better perform activities that require strength and will have a greater walking ability.33Children with mixed spastic-athetotic manifestations will be the most limited.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Therapeutic Exercise and Health Centre, Canada

    Oded Bar-Or (Professor of Pediatrics, Director)

  2. McMaster University, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Oded Bar-Or (Professor of Pediatrics, Director)

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Bar-Or, O. (1983). Neuromuscular Diseases. In: Pediatric Sports Medicine for the Practitioner. Comprehensive Manuals in Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5593-2_7

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