A prospective cohort study of the effects of lower extremity orthopaedic surgery on outcome measures in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 903-909

  Gorton III, George Edwin ^a   Abel, Mark F ^b   Oeffinger, Donna J ^c   Bagley, Anita ^d   Rogers, Sarah P ^c   Damiano, Diane ^e   Romness, Mark ^b   Tylkowski, Chester ^c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Orthopaedic surgery; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GILLETTE GAIT INDEX; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LEG; LIMB DEFORMITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC OUTCOMES DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT EXPECTATIONS; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; LEG BONES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 74249107635     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181c11c0c     Document Type: Article

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