Predictors of outcome of distal rectus femoris transfer surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a,d   Kam, Galen ^c   Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b   Kay, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Castle Medical Center   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Outcome; Rectus transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649535505     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3283298981     Document Type: Article

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