Measurement of lumbar lordosis as a component of clinical gait analysis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-107

  Whittle, Michael W ^a,b   Levine, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b Siskin Hosp for Phys Rehab   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Lordosis; Posture

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030970187     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(96)01079-X     Document Type: Article

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