Locomotor skills and balance strategies in children with internal rotations of the lower limbs

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Mallau, Sophie ^a   Mesure, Serge ^a   Viehweger, Elke ^a,b   Jacquemier, Michel ^a,b   Bollini, Gérard ^a,b   Assaiante, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Balance control; Children; Internal rotations; Kinematic analysis; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DISPERSION; FEMALE; FOOT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; TELEVISION;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ROTATION; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38049074311     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20476     Document Type: Article

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