Temporospatial Parameters of Gait After Obturator Neurolysis in Patients with Spasticity

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 832-836

  Ofluoglu, Demet ^a   Esquenazi, Alberto ^b,c   Hirai, Barbara ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait Analysis; Obturator Nerve; Phenol Block; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHENOLS;

PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

PHENOL;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLYSIS; OBTURATOR NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SPASTICITY; TISSUE NECROSIS; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; OBTURATOR NERVE; PHENOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH;

EID: 0142151050     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000091986.32078.CD     Document Type: Article

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