GALS screen

GALS screen

A GALS screen is an examination used by doctors and other healthcare professionals to detect locomotor abnormalities and functional disability relating to gait, arms, legs and the spine. [cite journal | author=M Doherty, J Dacre, P Dieppe, and M Snaith | title=The 'GALS' locomotor screen | journal=Ann Rheum Dis. | year=1992 | month=Oct | volume=51 | issue=10 | pages=1165–1169 | pmcid=PMC1012427 | doi=10.1136/ard.51.10.1165 | pmid=1444632]

ee also

*Hip examination
*Knee examination
*GALS

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