Novel biomechanics demonstrate gait dysfunction due to hamstring tightness

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Cooney, Kevin M ^a   Sanders, James O ^a   Concha, M Cecilia ^a   Buczek, Frank L ^a  

^a Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Hamstring tightness; Instrumented gait analysis; Kinetics; Popliteal angle

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL MEASURE; END-RANGE EXTENSION; FLEXION MOMENTS; TERMINAL SWING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 28444475212     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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