Lower limb extensor moments in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-176

  McNee, A E ^a   Shortland, A P ^a   Eve, L C ^a   Robinson, R O ^a   Gough, M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee flexion; Spastic cerebral palsy; Support moment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4344684479     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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