Functional decline in children undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy after age 10

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 677-677

  Baker, Richard ^a,b,c   Graham, Kerr ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; SINGLE EVENT MULTILEVEL SURGERY; SPASTICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHIZOTOMY;

EID: 79960098903     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04020.x     Document Type: Note

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