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dc.contributor.authorObst, S.
dc.contributor.authorBoyd, Roslyn
dc.contributor.authorRead, F.
dc.contributor.authorBarber, L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-06T06:17:35Z
dc.date.available2018-02-06T06:17:35Z
dc.date.created2018-02-06T05:49:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationObst, S. and Boyd, R. and Read, F. and Barber, L. 2017. Quantitative 3-D Ultrasound of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 43 (12): pp. 2814-2823.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63470
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.08.929
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Three-dimensional ultrasound (3-DUS) was used to examine the size and appearance of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscle in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Twenty-six children with CP and 10 typically developing (TD) children participated. Three-dimensional US images of both limbs in children with CP and the right limb in TD children were analysed using quantitative methods to determine muscle volume, global echo intensity, global echo pattern and regional echo intensity. Significant differences in MG volume and all echo parameters were found between TD and CP children. The more involved limb was smaller and had higher echo intensity and a more heterogenous echo pattern compared with the TD group. Compared with that of the more involved limb, the MG of the less involved limb was larger but had a similar echo appearance. The MG of both limbs in children with unilateral spastic CP is smaller and, based on quantitative ultrasound, structurally different from that of TD children.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.titleQuantitative 3-D Ultrasound of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume43
dcterms.source.number12
dcterms.source.startPage2814
dcterms.source.endPage2823
dcterms.source.issn0301-5629
dcterms.source.titleUltrasound in Medicine and Biology
curtin.departmentSchool of Occ Therapy, Social Work and Speech Path
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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