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| Samuel R PierceSummaryAffiliation: Shriners Hospitals for Children Country: USA Publications
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Home forced use in an outpatient rehabilitation program for adults with hemiplegia: a pilot studySamuel R Pierce
MossRehab Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 17:214-9. 2003..However, additional investigation is required to examine the effectiveness of using forced use within typical outpatient rehabilitation under more experimentally controlled conditions...- Direct effect of percutaneous electric stimulation during gait in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a report of 2 casesSamuel R Pierce
Research Department, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:339-43. 2004..These results suggest that percutaneous intramuscular FES was effective in improving aspects of ankle kinematics and kinetics of 2 children with hemiplegic CP... 
Roles of reflex activity and co-contraction during assessments of spasticity of the knee flexor and knee extensor muscles in children with cerebral palsy and different functional levelsSamuel R Pierce
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Phys Ther 88:1124-34. 2008....
Examination of spasticity of the knee flexors and knee extensors using isokinetic dynamometry with electromyography and clinical scales in children with spinal cord injurySamuel R Pierce
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Spinal Cord Med 31:208-14. 2008....- Age and electromyographic frequency alterations during walking in children with cerebral palsyRichard T Lauer
Department of Physical Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gait Posture 31:136-9. 2010..The results indicate that differences in neuromuscular activation exist between younger and older groups of children with both TD and CP, and may provide new insight into muscle activity pattern changes during the development of walking... - Comparison of percutaneous and surface functional electrical stimulation during gait in a child with hemiplegic cerebral palsySamuel R Pierce
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 83:798-805. 2004..This report suggests that S-FES and P-FES may have different immediate effects on gait due to issues such as muscle contraction strength, sensory feedback, and control systems for stimulation... - Relationship between age and spasticity in children with diplegic cerebral palsySamuel R Pierce
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 91:448-51. 2010..To examine the relationship between passive torque, reflex activity, co-contraction, and age during the assessment of spasticity of knee flexors and extensors in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP)... - Gait initiation in children with cerebral palsyCarrie Stackhouse
Shriners Hospital for Children, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gait Posture 26:301-8. 2007..Analysis of the GI motor sequence in children provides a means to characterize coordination and motor control of a functional ambulatory task in children with CP compared to children with TD... - Immediate effect of percutaneous intramuscular stimulation during gait in children with cerebral palsy: a feasibility studyMargo N Orlin
Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19102 1192, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 47:684-90. 2005..The results suggest that P-FES might immediately improve ankle kinematics in children with CP... - The relationship between spasticity and muscle volume of the knee extensors in children with cerebral palsySamuel R Pierce
Institute for Physical Therapy Education, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatr Phys Ther 24:177-81; discussion 182. 2012..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spasticity and muscle volume in children with cerebral palsy (CP), using isokinetic dynamometry and magnetic resonance imaging... - Test-retest reliability of isokinetic dynamometry for the assessment of spasticity of the knee flexors and knee extensors in children with cerebral palsySamuel R Pierce
Research Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia 19140, and Institute for Physical Therapy Education, Widener University, Chester, PA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:697-702. 2006..To assess test-retest reliability of the peak resistance torque and slope of work methods of spasticity measurement of the knee flexors and extensors in children with cerebral palsy (CP)... - Co-contraction during passive movements of the knee joint in children with cerebral palsySamuel R Pierce
Research Department, Shriners Hospital for Children, 3551 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 22:1045-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of co-contraction and the relationship between reflex activity and co-contraction during passive movements of the knee joint in children with cerebral palsy... - Constraint-induced therapy for a child with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a case reportSamuel R Pierce
Department of Physical Therapy, MossRehab Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1462-3. 2002..The effects of the duration and intensity of CIT protocols need additional study to increase its clinical application... - Incidental findings during functional magnetic resonance imaging: ethical and procedural issuesSamuel R Pierce
Research Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 88:275-7. 2009.... - Trial and error versus errorless learning of functional skills in patients with acute strokeJulie Mount
Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
NeuroRehabilitation 22:123-32. 2007..To compare the effectiveness of errorless learning versus trial and error learning for teaching activities of daily living to patients with acute stroke with or without explicit memory impairments...