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. 1982 Apr;45(4):348–352. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.4.348

Effects of muscle length on an increased stretch reflex in children with cerebral palsy

G Tardieu 1, C Tardieu 1, P Colbeau-Justin 1, MD Bret 1
PMCID: PMC491371  PMID: 7077344

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.

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