The Associations Between the Dominant and Nondominant Peak External Knee Adductor Moments During Gait in Healthy Subjects: Evidence for Symmetry

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 320-324

  Teichtahl, Andrew J ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a,b   Morris, Meg E ^c   Davis, Susan R ^a   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Knee; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 60349111496     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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