Development and reliability of an observational gait analysis tool for children with Down syndrome

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Martin, Kathy ^a   Hoover, Donald ^b   Wagoner, Erin ^a   Wingler, Teresa ^a   Evans, Tara ^a   O'Brien, Jamie ^a   Zeunik, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Down syndrome; Gait; Reliability; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOWN SYNDROME; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL GAIT ANALYSIS TOOL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOWN SYNDROME; GAIT; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 69549138696     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181b13bca     Document Type: Article

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