Achilles tendon length and medial gastrocnemius architecture in children with cerebral palsy: And equinus gait

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 479-484

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b,c   Cheatwood, Allison P ^a   Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Hara, Reiko ^a   Perez, Francisco J ^b   Kay, Robert M ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b Departments of Biomedical Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracture; Muscle tendon lengthening; Spasticity; Toe walking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUINUS GAIT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTRACTURE; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACTURE; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955642220     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181e00c80     Document Type: Article

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