The effect of diabetic neuropathy and previous foot ulceration in EMG and ground reaction forces during gait

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-592

  Akashi, Paula M H ^a   Sacco, Isabel C N ^a   Watari, Ricky ^a   Hennig, Ewald ^b  

^a Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Diabetic neuropathies; EMG; Gait

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FOOT ULCERATION; GROUND REACTION FORCES; PLANTAR ULCERATION;

DISEASES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 44349127995     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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