Effects of tuning of ankle foot orthoses-footwear combination using wedges on stance phase knee hyperextension in children with cerebral palsy Preliminary results

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-413

  Jagadamma, Kavi C ^a   Coutts, Fiona J ^a   Mercer, Thomas H ^a   Herman, Janet ^b   Yirrel, Jacqueline ^c   Forbes, Lyndsay ^d   Van Der Linden, Marietta L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Anderson Gait Analysis Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d Peacock's Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle foot orthoses; Cerebral palsy; Gait; Gait analysis; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHOE; TIME; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; TIME FACTOR;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; SHOES; TIME FACTORS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 70749152067     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483100903104774     Document Type: Article

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