Test-retest reliability of spatial and temporal gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy as measured by an electronic walkway

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Sorsdahl, Anne Brit ^a   Moe Nilssen, Rolf ^a,b   Strand, Liv Inger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Outcome measure; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 37049013712     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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