Determinants of responsiveness to botulinum toxin, casting, and bracing in the treatment of spastic equinus in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-193

  Yap, Rita ^a   Majnemer, Annette ^b   Benaroch, Thierry ^c   Cantin, Marie Andree ^d  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; PARENTAL STRESS; PES EQUINUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY;

EID: 75349093200     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03365.x     Document Type: Article

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