The importance of being earnest about shank and thigh kinematics especially when using ankle-foot orthoses

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-269

  Owen, Elaine ^a  

^a Child Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankle foot orthosis; ankle foot orthosis footwear combination; Biomechanics; categorization of gait disorders; gait; lower limb orthotics; physiotherapy; rockers

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; ORTHOTICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; THIGH;

ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT JOINTS; GAIT; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; THIGH; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77956153444     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093646.2010.485597     Document Type: Review

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