Assessment of gait recovery in children after traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 751-759

  Beretta, Elena ^a   Cimolin, Veronica ^b   Piccinini, Luigi ^a   Carla Turconi, Anna ^a   Galbiati, Sara ^a   Crivellini, Marcello ^b   Galli, Manuela ^b,c   Strazzer, Sandra ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Gait analysis; Kinematics; Kinetics; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY RATING SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE FOR CHILDREN; GAIT; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HEMIPLEGIA; HIP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MAXIMUM OF ANKLE POWER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL GAIT ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 69349100375     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050903133988     Document Type: Article

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