Short- and long-term effects of selective dorsal rhizotomy on gross motor function in ambulatory children with spastic diplegia: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-562

  Van Schie, Petra E M ^a   Schothorst, Maaike ^a   Dallmeijer, Annet J ^a   Vermeulen, R Jeroen ^a   Van Ouwerkerk, Willem J R ^a   Strijers, Rob L M ^a   Becher, Jules G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin type A; Gross motor function; Selective dorsal rhizotomy; Spastic diplegia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 79955596506     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.PEDS10452     Document Type: Article

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