A gait analysis of simulated knee flexion contracture to elucidate knee-spine syndrome

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-692

  Harato, Kengo ^a   Nagura, Takeo ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a   Otani, Toshiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Suda, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait; Knee spine syndrome; Simulated knee flexion contracture; Standing; Trunk kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMERA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE CONTRACTURE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE SPINE SYNDROME; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDING; TRUNK; WALKING;

CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SHOULDER; SPINE; SYNDROME; WALKING;

EID: 52049122589     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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