A comparison of four functional methods to determine centers and axes of rotations

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-679

  MacWilliams, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Axis of rotation; Center of rotation; Gait analysis; Joint center

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; GAIT; HIP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; LEG; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION;

EID: 52049117399     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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