The effect of rigid versus flexible spinal orthosis on the gait pattern of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Wong, M S ^a   Cheng, C Y ^b   Ng, B K W ^b   Lam, T P ^b   Sin, S W ^c   Lee Shum, L F ^c   Chow, H K ^a   Tam, Y P ^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 analysis; Rigid spinal orthosis; SpineCor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; LONG TERM CARE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 38049089274     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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