Predictive Value of the Duncan-Ely Test in Distal Rectus Femoris Transfer

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Kay, Robert M ^a,b,c   Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Kelly, John P ^b   Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MS 69 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Spasticity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DUNCAN ELY TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RATING SCALE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0348050059     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200401000-00011     Document Type: Review

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