Gait variability measurements in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: Part B. Preoperative versus postoperative gait variability

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1187-1195

  Papadakis, N C ^a   Christakis, D G ^a   Tzagarakis, G N ^a   Chlouverakis, G I ^b   Kampanis, N A ^c   Stergiopoulos, K N ^b   Katonis, P G ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Differential entropy; Gait analysis; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Movement disorders; Postoperative estimation; Variability

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

DIFFERENTIAL ENTROPY; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GAIT VARIABILITY; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE ESTIMATION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 70350445906     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/11/004     Document Type: Article

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