title: Effects of muscle length on an increased stretch reflex in children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: No inhibitory influence of length on the increased stretch reflex was found in the internal gastrocnemius muscle of 19 cerebral palsied children. A facilitory influence of length was found in at least five patients in which quantitative data were obtained. These results were compared with previous data on a facilitory influence in the hamstrings and inhibitory influence in quadriceps muscles.
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000503:physiopathology; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012026:Reflex, Stretch