Mechanical work performed by the legs of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-350

  Kurz, Max J ^a   Stuberg, Wayne A ^a   DeJong, Stacey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Locomotion; Walking; Work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; WALKING;

EID: 76749142007     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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