Can clinical gait analysis guide the management of ambulant children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 879-883

  Gough, Martin ^a   Shortland, Adam Peter ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; CHILD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60549106863     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31818e197c     Document Type: Article

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