Use of the Gait Profile Score for the evaluation of patients with joint hypermobility syndrome/Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4280-4285

  Celletti, Claudia ^a   Galli, Manuela ^b,c   Cimolin, Veronica ^b   Castori, Marco ^d   Tenore, Nunzio ^c   Albertini, Giorgio ^c   Camerota, Filippo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Gait Profile Score; Joint hypermobility syndrome; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME HYPERMOBILITY TYPE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; GAIT VARIABLE SCORE; HUMAN; LOWER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

GAIT ANALYSIS; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884940826     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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