The role of gait analysis in treating gait abnormalities in cerebral palsy

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-506

  Chang, Frank M ^a,b   Rhodes, Jason T ^a,b   Flynn, Katherine M ^b   Carollo, James J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Crouch gait; Equinus gait; Instrumented gait analysis; Jump knee gait; Malicious malrotation; Stiff knee gait

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PELVIS; PES EQUINUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TIBIA TORSION; WALKING DIFFICULTY; CHILD; COMPLICATION; GAIT; GAIT ATAXIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; GAIT; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 77956945591     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2010.06.009     Document Type: Review

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