Safy Eldin Mahmoud Aboali <br/><br/>
Soft tissue tightness control :   A combined physical therapy technique /  
 التحكم فى الانسجة الرخوة المشدودة:   برنامج علاج طبيعى مدموج 
Safy Eldin Mahmoud Aboali ; Supervised Emam H. Elnegmy , Faten H. Abdelazeim , Amina Salem Hendawy 
 - Cairo :   Safy Eldin Mahmoud Aboali ,   2011 
 - 158 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics 
<br/><br/> Contractures and soft tissues tightness in hemiplegic cerebral palsy children are common complications of neurological and musculoskeletal origins . Stretch is widely used for prevention and management of contractures . The purpose of this study was to introduce a combined stretch program and determine whether it is more effective than traditional physical therapy program alone on soft tissues tightness control hemstring mulscles of the affected side in hemiparetic children 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Cerebral palsy Hemiplegia Stretching