Gait patterns in twins with cerebral palsy: Similarities and development over time after multilevel surgery

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1595-1601

  Van Drongelen, Stefan ^a   Dreher, Thomas ^a   Heitzmann, Daniel W W ^a   Wolf, Sebastian I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIZYGOTIC TWINS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRIZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84874724954     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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