Evaluating upper body movements during gait in healthy children and children with diplegic cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Romkes, Jacqueline ^a   Peeters, Wietske ^b   Oosterom, Aidia M ^b   Molenaar, Sara ^b   Bakels, Iris ^b   Brunner, Reinald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Diplegia; Gait analysis; Upper body kinematics

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CALCULATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX;

ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; THORAX;

EID: 34247152536     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32801405bf     Document Type: Article

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