Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on gait pattern in hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1065-1072

  El Shamy, Shamekh Mohamed ^a   Eid, Mohamed Ahmed ^a   El Banna, Mohamed Fawzy ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; Gait; Hemiplegia

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84914812471     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000133     Document Type: Article

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