Gait pathology assessed with Gillette Gait Index in patients after CNS tumour treatment

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-362

  Syczewska, Małgorzata ^a   Dembowska Bagińska, Bozena ^a   Perek Polnik, Marta ^a   Kalinowska, Małgorzata ^a   Perek, Danuta ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS) tumours; Gait deficits; Gillette Gait Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GILLETTE GAIT INDEX; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956789428     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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