Assessment of ground reaction force during scoliotic gait

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 750-754

  Chockalingam, Nachiappan ^a,b   Dangerfield, Peter H ^a,b   Rahmatalla, Aziz ^c   Ahmed, El Nasri ^c   Cochrane, Tom ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground reaction force; Impulse; Scoliosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PELVIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 15744364199     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0762-9     Document Type: Article

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