Bilateral knee extensor disruption in severe crouch gait.
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SUBMITTER: Elhassan Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3703049 | biostudies-other | 2013
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Bilateral knee extensor disruption in severe crouch gait.
Elhassan Yahya Y Kiernan Damien D Lynch Tim T O'Brien Tim T
BMJ case reports 20130627
Crouch gait is one of the most troublesome abnormal gait patterns in ambulant patients with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Although CP is a non-progressive condition, crouch gait can result in knee extensor disruption (KED) causing deterioration or cessation of ambulation. Diagnosis of KED in crouch gait is often overlooked. We report a seminal case of a 28-year-old active woman with diplegic CP with severe crouch gait who was referred for gait analysis due to subjective decreased walking ...[more]
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