Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 442-447 , October 2008

The validity of an existing gait classification system when applied to a representative population of children with hemiplegia

  • Brona C. McDowell

      Affiliations

    • Gait Analysis Service, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland
    • Physiotherapy Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gait Analysis Laboratory, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman's Lane, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland. Tel.: +44 2890902556; fax: +44 2890368202.
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  • Claire Kerr

      Affiliations

    • Gait Analysis Service, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland
    • Physiotherapy Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland
    • Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen University Belfast, Ireland
    • ,
  • Connor Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Gait Analysis Service, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland
    • ,
  • Jose Salazar

      Affiliations

    • Gait Analysis Service, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland
    • ,
  • Aidan Cosgrove

      Affiliations

    • Gait Analysis Service, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Ireland

Received 14 November 2007 ,Revised 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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☆ Funded by the Northern Ireland Research and Development Office, Project Grant RSG/1708/01.

PII: S0966-6362(08)00060-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.02.003

Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 442-447 , October 2008

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