Outcome of gastrocnemius recession and tendo-achilles lengthening in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-98

  Kay, Robert M ^a   Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Ryan, James A ^b   Wren, Tishya A L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MS 69 ^*  (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Equinus; Gait analysis; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RESECTION; PES EQUINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642404414     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00009957-200403000-00006     Document Type: Article

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