Linking clinical measurements and kinematic gait patterns of toe-walking using fuzzy decision trees

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-484

  Armand, Stéphane ^a,b,c   Watelain, Eric ^a,d   Roux, Emmanuel ^e   Mercier, Moïse ^b,f   Lepoutre, François Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^b Institut Saint Pierre   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Clinical interpretation; Fuzzy decision tree; Gait analysis; Toe walking

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUZZY SYSTEM; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 33846929438     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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