Publications by authors named "Stephen J Vankoski"

The surgical indications for the treatment of unilateral hip dislocations or subluxations in patients with low lumbar myelomeningocele remain highly debatable. This study examines the influence of unilateral hip dislocation or subluxation on the gait of these patients using three-dimensional gait analysis. Twenty patients with a diagnosis of low lumbar myelomeningocele underwent three-dimensional gait analysis.

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Gait analysis techniques were used to evaluate the outcome of the femoral derotation osteotomy in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Seventy-one patients were evaluated and classified according to the Winters and Gage scale. Nine of the 13 patients classified as type IV underwent a femoral derotation osteotomy.

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