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Spasticity and Gait

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Cerebral Palsy is the most common pediatric neurologic disorder, with an incidence of 3.6 per 1,000 live births.

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  1. Orthopedic Surgery, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Ramses Street, Abbasseya, Cairo, Egypt

    Mahmoud A. Mahran

  2. Neurological Surgery, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Ramses Street, Abbasseya, Cairo, Egypt

    Walid Abdel Ghany

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  1. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Amr Abdelgawad

  2. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Osama Naga

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Mahran, M.A., Abdel Ghany, W. (2014). Spasticity and Gait. In: Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7126-4_14

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