The development of a long, dual-platform triaxial walkway for the measurement of forces and temporal-spatial data in the clinical assessment of gait

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-201

  Hynd, D ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual force platforms; Gait analysis; Kinetics; Long force platforms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORCE MEASUREMENT; BIOPHYSICS; ENZYME KINETICS;

DUAL-PLATFORM TRIAXIAL WALKWAY;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; CLINICAL INFORMATION; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; FORCE PLATFORM; GROUND REACTION FORCES; ORTHOGONAL COMPONENTS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF SURREY;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMAN;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033658130     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535354     Document Type: Article

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