Crouched gait in myelomeningocele: A comparison between the degree of knee flexion contracture in the clinical examination and during gait

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 657-660

  Moen, Todd ^a,b   Gryfakis, Nicholas ^b   Dias, Luciano ^a,b   Lemke, Laura ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Crouch gait; Gait analysis; Knee flexion contracture; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING AID;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24144460551     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000165136.76238.23     Document Type: Article

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