Gait & Posture
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , January 2007

Comparison between visual and three-dimensional gait analysis in patients with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

  • Catia Miyuki Kawamura

      Affiliations

    • Gait Laboratory, AACD Rehabilitation Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Mauro César de Morais Filho

      Affiliations

    • AACD Gait Laboratory, Av. Professor Ascendino Reis 724, Vila Clementino, São Paulo/SP 04027-000, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 11 5576 0920/5575 6635; fax: +55 5576 0660.
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  • Milena Moreira Barreto

      Affiliations

    • Physical Therapy Fellowship Program, AACD Rehabilitation Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Sabrina Kyoko de Paula Asa

      Affiliations

    • Physical Therapy Fellowship Program, AACD Rehabilitation Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Yara Juliano

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Department, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Neil Ferreira Novo

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Department, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 23 August 2005 ,Revised 12 December 2005 ,Accepted 18 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.005

Gait & Posture
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , January 2007

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