Temporal but Not Spatial Variability during Gait Is Reduced after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy in Children with Cerebral Palsy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bakir, Mustafa Sinan ^a   Gruschke, Franziska ^a   Taylor, William R ^a,b   Haberl, Ernst Johannes ^a   Sharankou, Ilya ^a   Perka, Carsten ^a   Funk, Julia F ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RHIZOTOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880834172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069500     Document Type: Article

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