Gait adaptation of children with cerebral palsy compared with control children when stepping over an obstacle

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 321-328

  Law, Louisa S H ^a   Webb, Cecilia Y ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 18644378350     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000617     Document Type: Article

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