Biomechanic effects of a contralateral shoe-lift on walking with an immobilized knee

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1085-1091

  Kerrigan, D Casey ^a,b   Abdulhadi, Hussein M ^a,b   Ribaudo, Thomas A ^b   Della Croce, Ugo ^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

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; WALKING;

EID: 0030964671     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90132-5     Document Type: Article

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