Excessive hip flexion during gait in patients with static encephalopathy an examination of contributing factors

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-567

  Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Lening, Christopher ^b   Wren, Tishya A L ^a,c,d   Kay, Robert M ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Hip flexion contracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EXCESSIVE HIP FLEXION; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GAIT; HIP CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP CONTRACTURE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650042002     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181e4f3a8     Document Type: Article

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