Dr. Mark F. Abel M.D.
Orthopedist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
2270 Ivy Rd Uva Kluge Rehab Cent Charlottesville VA, 22903Rating
5/5
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Dr. Mark Abel is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Abel specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system in children. As a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Abel tends to childrens bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons can treat newborns to teenagers. Some conditions Dr. Abel treats include gait abnormalities like limping, limp and spine deformities, broken bones and bone and joint infections.
Education and Training
Tulane Univ Sch of Med, New Orleans La 1982
Tulane University School of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interrelationships of strength and gait before and after hamstrings lengthening.
- Electromechanical delay and reflex response in spastic cerebral palsy.
- Muscle force production and functional performance in spastic cerebral palsy: relationship of cocontraction.
- Deficits in eccentric versus concentric torque in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
- What does the Ashworth scale really measure and are instrumented measures more valid and precise?
- Spasticity versus strength in cerebral palsy: relationships among involuntary resistance, voluntary torque, and motor function.
- Ankle and knee coupling in patients with spastic diplegia: effects of gastrocnemius-soleus lengthening.
- Spastic velocity threshold constrains functional performance in cerebral palsy.
- Seated postural control in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.
- Responsiveness and uniqueness of the pediatric outcomes data collection instrument compared to the gross motor function measure for measuring orthopaedic and neurosurgical outcomes in cerebral palsy.
- Center of mass movement and energy transfer during walking in children with cerebral palsy.
- Repeatability of surface EMG during gait in children.
- Relationship of spasticity to knee angular velocity and motion during gait in cerebral palsy.
- Center of mass motion and the effects of ankle bracing on metabolic cost during submaximal walking trials.
- Interrelationships of strength and gait before and after hamstring lengthening.
Treatments
- Cerebral Palsy
- Scoliosis
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Femur Fracture
- Abnormal Gait
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