Optimization of walking ability of children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2224-2234

  Davids, Jon R ^a   Õunpuu, Sylvia ^b   Deluca, Peter A ^b   Davis III, Roy B ^a  

^a Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING;

EID: 0242490772     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200311000-00028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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