Case for gait analysis as part of the management of incomplete spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 479-482

  Patrick, J H ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASIA (D) paraplegia; Gait analysis; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; CALCULATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COST; EDUCATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROSURGERY; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 0041828554     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101524     Document Type: Review

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