Gillette gait index as a gait analysis summary measure: Comparison with qualitative visual assessments of overall gait

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 765-768

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b   Do, Khanh Patrick ^a   Hara, Reiko ^a   Dorey, Frederick J ^a,c   Kay, Robert M ^a,b   Otsuka, Norman Y ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Outcome assessment; Outcome measure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GILLETTE GAIT INDEX; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34548729798     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181558ade     Document Type: Review

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