Differences in implementation of gait analysis recommendations based on affiliation with a gait laboratory

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 206-209

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b   Elihu, Koorosh J ^c   Mansour, Shaun ^a   Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Ryan, Deirdre D ^a,b   Smith, Michelle L ^a   Kay, Robert M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Orthopedic surgery; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872682746     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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