Lengthening and transfer of hamstrings for a flexion deformity of the knee in children with bilateral cerebral palsy. Technique and preliminary results

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-254

  Ma, F Y P ^a   Selber, P ^a   Nattrass, G R ^a   Harvey, A R ^a   Wolfe, R ^b   Graham, H Kerr ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL STAPLING; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT APRAXIA; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33244489403     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B2.16797     Document Type: Article

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