Effects of gastrocnemius fascia lengthening on gait pattern in children with cerebral palsy using the gait profile score

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1137-1143

  Ferreira, Luiz Alfredo Braun ^a   Cimolin, Veronica ^b   Costici, Pier Francesco ^c   Albertini, Giorgio ^d   Oliveira, Claudia Santos ^a   Galli, Manuela ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Gait Profile Score; Gastrocnemius fascia lengthening; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FASCIA; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; GAIT VARIABLE SCORE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE FASCIA LENGTHENING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; GAIT ANALYSIS; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; GASTROCNEMIUS FASCIA LENGTHENING; SURGERY;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASCIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897056366     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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