The role of gait analysis in the orthopaedic management of ambulatory cerebral palsy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Narayanan, Unni G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Decision making; Gait analysis; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; GAIT; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33846278739     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3280118a6d     Document Type: Review

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