Kinematic and kinetic evaluation of the ankle joint before and after tendo Achilles lengthening in patients with spastic diplegia

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-483

  Lyon, Roger ^a,b   Liu, Xuecheng ^a   Schwab, Jeffery ^a   Harris, Gerald ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital and Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Tendo Achilles lengthening

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON LENGTHENING; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KINESICS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS;

EID: 21244438782     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000161094.08221.ac     Document Type: Article

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