Measures of frontal plane lower limb alignment obtained from static radiographs and dynamic gait analysis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 635-640

  Hunt, Michael A ^a   Birmingham, Trevor B ^a   Jenkyn, Thomas R ^a   Giffin, J Robert ^a   Jones, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment; Gait; Osteoarthritis; Radiography; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 41549098673     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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