Key factors in the development of lower limb co-ordination: Implications for the acquisition of walking in children with cerebral palsy

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 807-816

  Farmer, Sybil E ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING AID; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOTOR SKILLS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; WALKING;

EID: 0038457372     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828031000106148     Document Type: Review

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