A comparison of gait with solid and hinged ankle-foot orthoses in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-310

  Radtka, Sandra A ^a   Skinner, Stephen R ^b   Johanson, M Elise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Orthosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STANDING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LEG; ORTHOTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; WALKING;

EID: 21744456749     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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