Balance abilities and gait characteristics in post-traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and typically developed children

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Katz Leurer, Michal ^a,b   Rotem, Hemda ^a   Keren, Ofer ^a   Meyer, Shirley ^a  

^a Alyn Orthopaedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Physically Handicapped Children Israel   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance; Cerebral palsy; Children; Step variability; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VESTIBULAR TEST; WALKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 67651149910     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17518420902800928     Document Type: Article

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