One-year follow-up study of serial orthotic treatment in two cases with arthrogrypotic syndromes who have bilateral knee flexion contractures

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 388-393

  Gür, Gozde ^a   Erel, Suat ^b   Yakut, Yavuz ^a   Aksoy, Cemalettin ^a   Uygur, Fatma ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthrogrypotic syndromes; Knee flexion contractures; Serial orthotic treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT MALFORMATION; GONIOMETRY; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE DISEASE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SPLINTING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; CONTRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLINT; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KNEE JOINT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLINTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84978707174     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364614541458     Document Type: Article

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