Impact of gait analysis on correction of excessive hip internal rotation in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 919-925

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a   Lening, Christopher ^b   Rethlefsen, Susan A ^a   Kay, Robert M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FEMORAL DEROTATION OSTEOTOMY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); ROTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84883796759     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12184     Document Type: Article

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