The Effect of Leg Length Discrepancy on Spinal Motion during Gait: Three-Dimensional Analysis in Healthy Volunteers

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2472-2476

  Kakushima, Mototaka ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^b   Shimizu, Katsuji ^b  

^a Hirano General Hospital   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional scoliosis; Gait analysis; Heel raising; Leg length discrepancy; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOTICS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEG; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PELVIS; SHOULDER; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0242493965     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000090829.82231.4A     Document Type: Article

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