How closely do surgeons follow gait analysis recommendations and why?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-205

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b,c   Woolf, Kevin ^a   Kay, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Galt analysis; Surgery; Surgical decision making

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 18244406787     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200505000-00012     Document Type: Article

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