Postoperative gait velocity and mean knee flexion in stance of ambulatory children with spastic diplegia four years or more after multilevel surgery

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-456

  Gannotti, Mary E ^a   Gorton III, George E ^b   Nahorniak, Maureen T ^b   Masso, Peter D ^b   Landry, Bradford ^a   Lyman, Jeffrey ^a   Sawicki, Rebecca ^a   Hagedorn, Kristin ^a   Ross, Ellen ^a   Warner, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Long term follow up; Multilevel surgery; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOSIS; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; STANDING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OUTPATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249896152     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000271327.79481.e3     Document Type: Article

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