Efficacy of gait trainer as an adjunct to traditional physical therapy on walking performance in hemiparetic cerebral palsied children: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 924-934

  Gharib, Nevein M M ^a   Abd El Maksoud, Gehan M ^a   Rezk Allah, Soheir S ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; gait; gait trainer; hemiparesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 80053952319     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511400768     Document Type: Article

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