Effectiveness of serial stretch casting for resistant or recurrent knee flexion contractures following hamstring lengthening in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-114

  Westberry, David E ^a,b,c   Davids, Jon R ^a   Jacobs, Jeannine M ^a   Pugh, Linda I ^a   Tanner, Stephanie L ^b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ERC Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Casting; Cerebral palsy; Crouch gait; Knee flexion contracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBLUXATION; TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644865607     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000187990.71645.ae     Document Type: Review

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