Single‐event multilevel surgery for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review

JL McGinley, F Dobson… - … Medicine & Child …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To conduct a systematic review of single‐event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) for children
with cerebral palsy, with the aim of evaluating the quality of the evidence and developing …

Surface electromyography applied to gait analysis: How to improve its impact in clinics?

V Agostini, M Ghislieri, S Rosati, G Balestra… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Surface electromyography (sEMG) is the main non-invasive tool used to record the electrical
activity of muscles during dynamic tasks. In clinical gait analysis, a number of techniques …

Normative EMG activation patterns of school-age children during gait

V Agostini, A Nascimbeni, A Gaffuri, P Imazio… - Gait & posture, 2010 - Elsevier
Gait analysis is widely used in clinics to study walking abnormalities for surgery planning,
definition of rehabilitation protocols, and objective evaluation of clinical outcomes. Surface …

Three-dimensional gait analysis in children undergoing gastrocsoleus lengthening for equinus secondary to cerebral palsy

N Ma, N Sclavos, E Passmore, P Thomason, K Graham… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Equinus is the most common deformity in children with cerebral
palsy, and surgical lengthening of the gastrocsoleus muscle-tendon unit is the most …

SimCP: A Simulation Platform to Predict Gait Performance Following Orthopedic Intervention in Children With Cerebral Palsy

L Pitto, H Kainz, A Falisse, M Wesseling… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Gait deficits in cerebral palsy (CP) are often treated with a single-event multi-level surgery
(SEMLS). Selecting the treatment options (combination of bony and soft tissue corrections) …

Repeatability of electromyography recordings and muscle synergies during gait among children with cerebral palsy

KM Steele, ME Munger, KM Peters, BR Shuman… - Gait & posture, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Clinical gait analysis is commonly used in the evaluation and treatment of
children with cerebral palsy (CP). While the repeatability of kinematic and kinetic measures …

Real-time feedback to improve gait in children with cerebral palsy

L van Gelder, ATC Booth, I van de Port, AI Buizer… - Gait & posture, 2017 - Elsevier
Real-time feedback may be useful for enhancing information gained from clinical gait
analysis of children with cerebral palsy (CP). It may also be effective in functional gait …

Multilevel surgery for children with cerebral palsy: a meta-analysis

NA Amirmudin, G Lavelle, T Theologis… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the literature examining effects of MLS and satisfaction with MLS
for children with CP. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and …

An algorithm for the estimation of the signal-to-noise ratio in surface myoelectric signals generated during cyclic movements

V Agostini, M Knaflitz - IEEE transactions on biomedical …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many applications requiring the study of the surface myoelectric signal (SMES) acquired
in dynamic conditions, it is essential to have a quantitative evaluation of the quality of the …

Mechanisms of improved knee flexion after rectus femoris transfer surgery

MD Fox, JA Reinbolt, S Õunpuu, SL Delp - Journal of biomechanics, 2009 - Elsevier
Rectus femoris transfer is frequently performed to treat stiff-knee gait in subjects with
cerebral palsy. In this surgery, the distal tendon is released from the patella and re-attached …