Postural adjustment in experimental leg length difference evaluated by means of thermal infrared imaging

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Abate, Michele ^a   Carlo, Luigi Di ^a   Romualdo, Sandro Di ^a   Ionta, Silvio ^a   Ferretti, Antonio ^a   Romani, Gian Luca ^a   Merla, Arcangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leg length discrepancy; Muscle overload; Posture; Thermal infrared imaging

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ASYMMETRIC LOADS; CONDITION; LEG LENGTH; LEG-LENGTH DISCREPANCIES; LENGTH DIFFERENCE; MUSCLE OVERLOAD; NEUTRAL POSTURE; POSTURE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGING;

MUSCLE;

EID: 75449111468     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/1/003     Document Type: Article

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