The effect of serial casting on gait in children with cerebral palsy: preliminary results from a crossover trial

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-468

  McNee, A E ^a   Will, E ^a   Lin, J P ^a   Eve, L C ^a   Gough, M ^a   Morrissey, M C ^b   Shortland, A P ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Serial casting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846916253     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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