Compensatory advantages of toe walking

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-44

  Kerrigan, D Casey ^a,b   Riley, Patrick O ^a,b   Rogan, Shannon ^b   Burke, David T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Extremity; Gait; Lower; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; TOE; WALKING;

EID: 0033986647     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.0810038     Document Type: Article

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