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Original Articles

Gait in 5-year-old children with idiopathic clubfoot: A cohort study of 59 children, focusing on foot involvement and the contralateral foot

Elin LööfDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm; ;Department of Physiotherapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm; Correspondence[email protected]
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Hanneke AndriesseDepartment of Orthopedics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund;
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Marie AndréDepartment of Physiotherapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm;
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Stephanie BöhmChildren’s Department, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Eva W BroströmDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm; ;Children’s Department, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pages 522-528 | Received 04 Feb 2016, Accepted 29 Apr 2016, Published online: 22 Jun 2016

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