Biomechanics of medial hamstring lengthening

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Dagge, Benjamin ^a   Firth, Gregory B ^a   Palamara, Joseph E A ^b   Eizenberg, Norman ^c   Donath, Susan ^b   Graham, H Kerr ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Contracture; Hamstring lengthening; Intramuscular tenotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TENDONS;

EID: 84860229272     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06030.x     Document Type: Article

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