Camptocormia: A biomechanical analysis: A case report

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 310-313

  Abdulhadi, Hussein M ^a,b   Kerrigan, D Casey ^a  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Conversion Disorder; Gait; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; KINETIC THEORY;

ANTERIOR PELVIC TILT; CAMPTOCORMIA; CONVERSION DISORDER; DYNAMIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORWARD BENT POSTURE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GAIT; HIP CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; KINETICS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CONVERSION DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HIP CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; POSTURE;

EID: 0030197948     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199607000-00014     Document Type: Article

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