Assessment of the laterality effects through forearm reaction forces in walker assisted gait

Procedia Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1227-1230

  Abellanas, A ^a   Frizera, A ^a   Ceres, R ^a   Raya, R ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D system force sensors; displacement of CoG; partial body weight support

Indexed keywords

3D SYSTEMS; CENTRE OF GRAVITY; DISABLED PEOPLE; FORCE SENSOR; GAIT SPEED; LATERAL MOVEMENT; PARTIAL BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTS; REACTION FORCES; STRONG CORRELATION; WALKER-ASSISTED GAIT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 71549135848     PISSN: 18766196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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