Effects of wearing halo vest on gait: Three-dimensional analysis in healthy subjects

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 750-755

  Ohnishi, Kazuichiro ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a,b   Kato, Tadayuki ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Halo vest; Motion analysis; Orthosis; Trunk rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; GAIT; HALO VEST; HEAD; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINE INSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HEAD; HIP; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT; PELVIS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; SHOULDER; THORAX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844384312     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000157474.06041.0f     Document Type: Article

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