Gait variability measurements in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: Part A. Comparison with healthy subjects

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1171-1186

  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; Oswestry Low Back Questionnaire; Spine diseases; Variability

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ENTROPY; GAIT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

DIFFERENTIAL ENTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; GAIT VARIABILITY; LOW BACK; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OSWESTRY LOW BACK QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; VARIABILITY;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSOR; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 70350460715     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/11/003     Document Type: Article

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