Management of severe crouch gait in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 832-839

  Joseph, Benjamin ^a   Reddy, Kishore ^a   Varghese, Renjit A ^a   Shah, Hitesh ^a   Doddabasappa, Siddesh Nandi ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; crouch gait; femoral shortening; patella alta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAIT DISORDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE SURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATELLA TENDON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE CROUCH GAIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78650498863     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181fbfd0e     Document Type: Article

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