Neuropathic gait shows only trends towards increased variability of sagittal plane kinematics during treadmill locomotion

Gait and Posture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-29

  Dingwell, Jonathan B ^a   Ulbrecht, Jan S ^a   Boch, Jason ^a   Becker, Mary B ^a   O'Gorman, John T ^a   Cavanagh, Peter R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gait; Neuropathy; Treadmill; Variability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032871385     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(99)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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