Kinematic adaptations of spinal cord-injured subjects during obstructed walking

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Ladouceur, Michel ^a   Barbeau, Hugues ^b,c,d   McFadyen, Bradford J ^e  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Jewish Rehab Research Centre   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gait adjustments; Kinematics; Kinetics; Locomotion; Spinal cord injury; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAIT DISORDER; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINESIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 0037358750     PISSN: 08884390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888439003251750     Document Type: Article

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