Biomechanical analysis of posture in patients with spinal kyphosis due to ankylosing spondylitis: A pilot study

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 441-443

  Bot, S D M ^a,b   Caspers, M ^a   Van Royen, B J ^b   Toussaint, H M ^a   Kingma, I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Balance; Biomechanics; Hip joints; Posture; Spinal kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0032729989     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.5.441     Document Type: Article

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