The effect of load carriage on the gait of girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and normal controls

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-437

  Chow, Daniel H K ^a   Kwok, Monica L Y ^a   Au Yang, Alexander C K ^b   Holmes, Andrew D ^a   Cheng, Jack C Y ^c   Yao, Fiona Y D ^a   Wong, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Gait; Load carriage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; GAIT; LOAD CARRIAGE;

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCOLIOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646029755     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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