Prescription footwear for severe injuries of foot and ankle: Effect on regularity and symmetry of the gait assessed by trunk accelerometry

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 492-496

  Terrier, Philippe ^a,c   Dériaz, Olivier ^a,c   Meichtry, André ^b   Luthi, François ^c  

^a Institut de Recherche en Réadaptation IRR   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c SUVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Gait asymmetry; Gait rehabilitation; Orthopaedic shoes; Orthoses

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT FRACTURE; FOOT INJURY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70349263258     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.122     Document Type: Article

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