Distal hamstring lengthening in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy: Primary versus revision procedures

Gait and Posture

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-304

  Chang, Wei Ning ^a   Tsirikos, Athanasios I ^b   Miller, Freeman ^c   Lennon, Nancy ^c   Schuyler, Jill ^c   Kerstetter, Lauren ^c   Glutting, Joe ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Crouch; Gait analysis; Hamstring lengthening

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; DELAWARE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MUSCLES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2342564479     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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