Patients with type II diabetes mellitus display reduced toe-obstacle clearance with altered gait patterns during obstacle-crossing

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Liu, Ming Wei ^a,b   Hsu, Wei Chun ^a   Lu, Tung Wu ^a   Chen, Hao Ling ^a   Liu, Hwa Chang ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gait; Joint kinematics; Joint kinetics; Lower limb; Obstacle crossing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LEG LENGTH; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR CONTROL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PELVIS; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOE; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOES;

EID: 73149109477     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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