A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effects of Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Surgery on Outcome Measures in Ambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy

E. Gorton, George; F. Abel, Mark; Oeffinger, Donna; Bagley, Anita; Rogers, Sarah; L. Damiano, Diane; Romness, Mark; Tylkowski, Chester

doi:10.1097/bpo.0b013e3181c11c0c

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A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effects of Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Surgery on Outcome Measures in Ambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy

Published in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics • Dec 1, 2009

Authors:

George E. Gorton

Mark F. Abel

Donna Oeffinger

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Lower-extremity musculotendinous surgery is standard treatment for ambulatory children with deformities such as joint contractures and bony torsions resulting from cerebral palsy (CP). However, evidence of efficacy is limited to retrospective, uncontrolled studies with small sample sizes...

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Medicine

Gross Motor Function Classification System

Cerebral palsy

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