Multilevel surgery for equinus gait in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy medium-term follow-up with gait analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 931-938

  Firth, Gregory B ^a   Passmore, Elyse ^a   Sangeux, Morgan ^a   Thomason, Pam ^a   Rodda, Jill ^a   Donath, Susan ^b   Selber, Paulo ^a   Graham, Kerr H ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; GAIT VARIABLE SCORE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PES EQUINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTIC DIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY; TENDON TRANSFER; ADULT; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879828077     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01542     Document Type: Article

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