Prediction of gait outcome with the knee-ankle-foot orthosis with medial hip joint in patients with spinal cord injuries: A study using recursive partitioning analysis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Suzuki, T ^a   Sonoda, S ^a   Saitoh, E ^b   Onogi, K ^a   Fujino, H ^b   Teranishi, T ^a   Oyobe, T ^a   Katoh, M ^a   Ohtsuka, K ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait; Orthoses; Prediction; Recursive partitioning; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE SPASM; ORTHOSIS; PAIN; PARESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33846075034     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101955     Document Type: Article

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