Foot drop and plantar flexion failure determine different gait strategies in Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 905-916

  Don, Romildo ^a   Serrao, Mariano ^a,b,d   Vinci, Paolo ^c   Ranavolo, Alberto ^a   Cacchio, Angelo ^a   Ioppolo, Francesco ^a   Paoloni, Marco ^a   Procaccianti, Rita ^a   Frascarelli, Flaminia ^a   De Santis, Fabio ^a   Pierelli, Francesco ^a   Frascarelli, Massimo ^a   Santilli, Valter ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Italian Charcot Marie Tooth Association (AICMT) Clinic   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMT; Gait analysis; Gait patterns; Kinematic; Kinetic; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DENTISTRY; DISEASES; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ENERGY RECOVERY; GAIT PATTERNS; PLANTAR FLEXION FAILURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GAIT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 34547929125     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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