Assessment of the kinematic variability among 12 motion analysis laboratories

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-402

  Gorton III, George E ^a   Hebert, David A ^a   Gannotti, Mary E ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Kinematic; Motion analysis; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; MOTION; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60449098805     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.10.060     Document Type: Article

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