Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 19, Issue 12 , Pages 818-821 , December 2009

Feasibility of foot and ankle strength training in childhood Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

  • Joshua Burns

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney/Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9845 1228; fax: +61 2 9845 1317.
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  • Jacqueline Raymond

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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  • Robert Ouvrier

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney/Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Received 24 June 2009 ,Revised 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 14 September 2009.

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  10. Rose KJ, Burns J, Ryan MM, Ouvrier RA, North KN. Reliability of quantifying foot and ankle muscle strength in very young children. Muscle Nerve. 2008;37:626–631
  11. Burns J, Redmond A, Ouvrier R, Crosbie J. Quantification of muscle strength and imbalance in neurogenic pes cavus, compared to health controls, using hand-held dynamometry. Foot Ankle Int. 2005;26:540–544

PII: S0960-8966(09)00621-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.09.007

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 19, Issue 12 , Pages 818-821 , December 2009

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