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Gait compensations vary in kids with limb length discrepancies
Location of shortening is key factor – Contrary to popular perceptions, children with limb length discrepancy (LLD) may each use multiple compensatory strategies when they are walking, depending on where their discrepancy is, and those gait patterns may present a dilemma for practitioners.
By Larry Hand
Posted in 2014, November, Pediatric Clinical News
Tagged gait, limb length discrepancy
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