Gait Deterioration in Adolescents with Dravet Syndrome

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-9-3

Gait Deterioration in Adolescents with Dravet Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2012

Abstract

Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia studied prospectively changes in gait by age in patients with Dravet syndrome. Of 26 patients aged 2 to 34 years, 15 were male and 11 female, mean age 11.6 years; 23 had SCN1A mutations.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-9-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 67 - 67

Published on: Sep 1, 2012

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Passive Knee Extension,

Hip Extension,

Lower Limb Muscles

© 2012 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 9