Walking abilities of young adults with cerebral palsy: Changes after multilevel surgery and adolescence

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Gannotti, Mary E ^a   Gorton, George E ^b   Nahorniak, Maureen T ^b   Masso, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Natural history; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; HIP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77953535496     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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