Effects of distal hamstring lengthening on sagittal motion in patients with diplegia. Hamstring length and its clinical use

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-491

  Park, Moon Seok ^a   Chung, Chin Youb ^a   Lee, Sang Hyeong ^a   Choi, In Ho ^b   Cho, Tae Joon ^b   Yoo, Won Joon ^b   Park, B S Myoung Yl ^c   Lee, Kyoung Min ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Motion Analysis Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Distal hamstring lengthening; Hamstring length; Kinematics; Pelvic tilt; Rectus femoris transfer; Single event multilevel surgery

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL HAMSTRING LENGTHENING; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARESIS; TILTING;

BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349251161     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.115     Document Type: Article

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