Single Event Multilevel Surgery in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy: A 5 year prospective cohort study

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-28

  Thomason, Pam ^a,b   Selber, Paulo ^a   Graham, H Kerr ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Orthopaedic surgery; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILATERAL SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY; BONE SCREW; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY SCALE; GAIT; GAIT DEVIATION INDEX; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; GILLETTE GAIT INDEX; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE EVENT MULTILEVEL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870299466     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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