Idiopathic toe-walking: A review

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 846-848

  Sala, Debra A ^a   Shulman, Lisa H ^c   Kennedy, Rose F ^b   Grant, Alfred D ^c   Chu, Mary Lynn Y ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOE; WALKING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GAIT; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 0032724519     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001681     Document Type: Short Survey

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