Hamstrings in cerebral palsy crouch cart

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 722-726

  Hoffinger, Scott A ^a   Rab, George T ^a   Abou Ghaida, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Crouch gait; Gait analysis; Hamstring lengthening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT DISORDER; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MUSCLE LENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMAN; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0027363513     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199311000-00006     Document Type: Article

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