A force measuring treadmill in clinical gait analysis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Dierick, Frédéric ^a   Penta, Massimo ^a   Renaut, David ^a   Detrembleur, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gait; Ground reaction forces; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL;

EID: 17444412688     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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