New Clinical and Research Trends in Lower Extremity Management for Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-491

  Damiano, Diane L ^a   Alter, Katharine E ^a,b   Chambers, Henry ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Gait; Medication; Orthopedic surgery; Physical therapy; Spasticity; Training

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBIDOPA; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CLORAZEPATE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DANTROLENE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; KETAZOLAM; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; ORPHENADRINE; PIRACETAM; PREGABALIN; PROGABIDE; TETRABENAZINE; TIAGABINE; TIZANIDINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRODESIS; BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEG DISEASE; LEG LENGTHENING; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPASTICITY; SPLINTING; TENDON TRANSFER; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651101193     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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