The efficacy of the floor-reaction ankle-foot orthosis in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2440-2447

  Rogozinski, Benjamin M ^a   Davids, Jon R ^a   Davis III, Roy B ^a   Jameson, Gene G ^a   Blackhurst, Dawn W ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FLOOR REACTION ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 70349904510     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00965     Document Type: Article

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