Foot asymmetry in healthy adults: Elliptic fourier analysis of standardized footprints

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 758-765

  Sforza, C ^a   Michielon, G ^a   Fragnito, N ^a   Ferrario, V F ^a  

^a Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ELLIPTIC FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOOT ASYMMETRY; HEALTHY ADULTS; MATHEMATICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS; STANDARDIZED FOOTPRINTS;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0032215334     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100160619     Document Type: Article

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