Contralateral shoe-lift: Effect on oxygen cost of walking with an immobilized knee

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 670-672

  Abdulhadi, Hussein M ^a,b   Kerrigan, D Casey ^a,b   LaRaia, Paul J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOE; WALKING;

EID: 0029899966     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90006-4     Document Type: Article

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