The dynamic balance of the children with cerebral palsy and typical developing during gait. Part II: Instantaneous velocity and acceleration of COM and COP and their relationship

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-476

  Hsue, Bih Jen ^a   Miller, Freeman ^b   Su, Fong Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Center of pressure; Cerebral palsy; Dynamic stability; Gait

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; SOMATOTYPES; WALKING;

EID: 60449120123     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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