Recovery of Muscle Strength and Power After Limb-Lengthening Surgery

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-388

  Barker, Karen L ^a   Lamb, Sallie E ^b   Simpson, Hamish R W ^c  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ilizarov technique; Muscle strength; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LIMB LENGTHENING SURGERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; STANDING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949297656     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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