Is it possible to propose the abolition of crutches according to the gait speed in patients with total knee arthroplasty?;Peut-on proposer la suppression des cannes anglaises en fonction de la vitesse de marche chez les patients porteurs d'une prothèse totale de genou?

Annales de Readaptation et de Medecine Physique

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Dauty, M ^a   Bazin, P ^b   Prioux, J ^b   Grandet, M J ^a   Potiron Josse, M ^a   Dubois, C ^a  

^a CHU DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Crutch; Gait; Speed; Total knee Arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; VELOCITY; WALKING; WALKING AID;

EID: 0242585426     PISSN: 01686054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6054(03)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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