Treatment of internal rotation gait due to gluteus medius and minimus overactivity in cerebral palsy: Anatomical rationale of a new surgical procedure and preliminary results in twelve hips

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-28

  Joseph, Benjamin ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Glutei; Hip; In toeing gait; Internal rotators; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPASTICITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTOCKS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 0031985349     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:1<22::AID-CA3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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