Serial casting of the ankles in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: can it be an alternative to surgery?

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-230

  Main, Marion ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a,b   Haliloglu, Goknur ^a,c   Baker, Ros ^a   Kinali, Maria ^a   Muntoni, Francesco ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Contractures; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Lower limb surgery; Serial casting

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KNEE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947154462     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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