The use of dynamic EMG in predicting the outcome of split posterior tibial tendon transfers in spastic hemiplegia

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-780

  Scott, Allison C ^a   Scarborough, Nancy ^a  

^a Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Hemiplegia; Split posterior tibial tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TENDON TRANSFER; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750446311     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000242427.99113.d7     Document Type: Article

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