Physiological knock-knee in preschool children: Prevalence, correlating factors, gait analysis, and clinical significance

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 650-654

  Lin, Chii Jeng ^a   Lin, Sheng Che ^a,b   Huang, Wagon ^b   Ho, Chin San ^b   Chou, You Li ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Correlating factors; Gait analysis; Knock knee; Preschool children; Prevalence; Walking chair

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALGUS KNEE; WALKING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE;

EID: 0032859709     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199909000-00019     Document Type: Article

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