Development of knee function after hamstring lengthening as a part of multilevel surgery in children with spastic diplegia: A long-term outcome study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Dreher, Thomas ^a   Vegvari, Dóra ^a   Wolf, Sebastian I ^a   Geisbüsch, Andreas ^a   Gantz, Simone ^a   Wenz, Wolfram ^a   Braatz, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENU RECURVATUM; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; SPASTIC PARESIS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDING; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84856074981     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00890     Document Type: Article

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