Gait patterns after fracture of the femoral shaft in children, managed by external fixation or early hip spica cast

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-471

  Wong, Justin ^a   Boyd, Roslyn ^a   Keenan, Nigel W ^a   Baker, Richard ^a   Selber, Paulo ^a   Wright, James G ^b   Nattrass, Gary R ^a   Graham, H Kerr ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early hip spica cast; External fixation; Femur fracture; Gait analysis; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE OVERGROWTH; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIP; HIP SPICA CAST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRUNK;

EID: 4344668087     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200409000-00003     Document Type: Article

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