Correlation of residual limb length and gait parameters in amputees

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 728-733

  Baum, Brian S ^a,b   Schnall, Barri L ^a   Tis, John E ^a   Lipton, Jill S ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Above knee; Amputation; Amputee; Gait; Limb length; Resection; Transfemoral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG LENGTH; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANKLE JOINT; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMUR; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44949220035     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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