Dynamic implications of hip flexion contractures

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 502-508

  Lee Laura, W ^a,b   Casey Kerrigan, D ^a   Della Croce, Ugo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral Palsy; Gait; Hip Contracture; Hip Joint; Immobility

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CORRELATION METHODS; GAIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HIP FLEXION CONTRACTURES; IMMOBILITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAIT; HIP CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344836059     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199711000-00013     Document Type: Article

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