Effects of a cane on floor reaction force and center of force during gait

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 375, Issue , 2000, Pages 313-319

  Lyu, Shaw Ruey ^a,c   Ogata, Kosuke ^b   Hoshiko, Ichiro ^b  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING AID;

EID: 0034084034     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200006000-00037     Document Type: Article

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