Gait pattern in two rare genetic conditions characterized by muscular hypotonia: Ehlers-Danlos and Prader-Willi syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1722-1728

  Cimolin, Veronica ^a,b   Galli, Manuela ^a,c   Vismara, Luca ^b   Grugni, Graziano ^b   Camerota, Filippo ^d   Celletti, Claudia ^d   Albertini, Giorgio ^c   Rigoldi, Chiara ^a   Capodaglio, Paolo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ehlers Danlos; Gait analysis; Hypotonia; Joint stiffness; Prader Willi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; TIME PERCEPTION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958251898     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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