Kinematic and kinetic outcomes after identical multilevel soft tissue surgery in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 658-667

  Adolfsen, Stephen E ^a   Õunpuu, Sylvia ^b,c   Bell, Katharine J ^b   DeLuca, Peter A ^b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Crouch; Gait analysis; Joint kinetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STANDING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KINETICS; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 34548163899     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3180dca114     Document Type: Article

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