Gait in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Eriksson, Marie ^a   Gutierrez Farewik, Elena M ^a,b   Broström, Eva ^a   Bartonek, Åsa ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulation; AMC; Amyoplasia; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749120698     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-009-0234-1     Document Type: Article

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