The effect of anaesthesia on the assessment of hamstring length in spastic cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  McNee, Anne E ^a   Gough, Martin ^a   Shortland, Adam P ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Popliteal angle; Reliability study; Spastic cerebral palsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE LENGTH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33845732657     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328010b612     Document Type: Article

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