Relevance of the popliteal angle to hamstring length in cerebral palsy crouch gait

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 383-387

  Thompson, Neill Stuart ^a   Baker, Richard Jonathan ^a   Cosgrove, Aidan Patrick ^a   Saunders, Jennifer Lynne ^b   Taylor, Trevor Childs ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Fleming Fulton School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hamstring length; Musculoskeletal modelling; Popliteal angle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOFTWARE; TENDONS;

EID: 0035037172     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200105000-00023     Document Type: Article

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