Gait asymmetries in children with cerebral palsy: Do they deteriorate with running?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-327

  Böhm, Harald ^a   Döderlein, Leonhard ^a  

^a Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Running

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIPLEGIA; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 84856641662     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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