Gait strategy in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type and Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1437-1442

  Rigoldi, Chiara ^a   Galli, Manuela ^a,b   Cimolin, Veronica ^a   Camerota, Filippo ^c   Celletti, Claudia ^c   Tenore, Nunzio ^b   Albertini, Giorgio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Gait analysis; Ligament laxity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP STIFFNESS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; DOWN SYNDROME; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 84860522215     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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