Effects of modified short-leg walkers on ground reaction force characteristics

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1172-1177

  Keefer, Maria ^a   King, Jon ^a   Powell, Douglas ^b   Krusenklaus, John H ^c   Zhang, Songning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^c Tennessee Sports Medicine Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Ground reaction force; Short leg walker; Walking

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; SHORT-LEG WALKER; WALKING;

THEOREM PROVING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRACES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53449095277     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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