Leg lengthening as part of gait improvement surgery in cerebral palsy: An evaluation using gait analysis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Saraph, Vinay ^a   Zwick, Ernst Bernhard ^a   Steinwender, Gerhardt ^a   Auner, Claudia ^a   Schneider, Frank ^a   Linhart, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Gait improvement surgery; Hemiplegia; Leg lengthening

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMUR; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 28344442804     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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