Effect of serial casting in spastic cerebral palsy

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 997-1002

  Jain, Shweta ^a   Mathur, Navnendra ^a,b   Joshi, Mrinal ^a   Jindal, Rajeshwari ^a   Goenka, Sunil ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SMS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Serial casting; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY; SPASTICITY;

ANKLE JOINT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 56749161885     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0100-z     Document Type: Article

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