Gait analysis in children affected by myelomeningocele: Comparison of the various levels of lesion

Functional Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-210

  Galli, Manuela ^a   Albertini, Giorgio ^b   Romei, Marianna ^a   Santambrogio, Giorgio C ^a   Tenore, Nunzio ^b   Crivellini, Marcello ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Kinematics; Kinetics; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PELVIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING;

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITATION; HIP; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS; SPINAL CORD; WALKING;

EID: 0344405783     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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