Gait analysis on split-belt force treadmills: Validation of an instrument

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 515-526

  Tesio, Luigi ^a,b,c   Rota, Viviana ^c  

^a Universit́degli Studi ^*  (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Force Transducers; Gait Analysis; Treadmill; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SPLIT BELT FORCE TREADMILL; THIGH; TORQUE; TREADMILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; INSTRUMENTATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 50949098292     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31816f17e1     Document Type: Article

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