A comparison of gait initiation and termination methods for obtaining plantar foot pressures

Gait and Posture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-263

  Wearing, Scott Cameron ^a   Urry, Stephen ^a   Smeathers, James E ^a   Battistutta, Diana ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foot pressure; Gait protocol; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSOR; TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 0032692774     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(99)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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