Ambulation in adults with myelomeningocele. Is it possible to predict the level of ambulation in early life?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-237

  Seitzberg, Aase ^a   Lind, Marianne ^a   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Contracture; FIM; Follow up; Muscle strength; Myelomeningocele; Prediction; Quadriceps; Spinabi fida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 37749042487     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0450-2     Document Type: Article

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