Gait patterns comparison of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to those of control subjects considering the effect of gait velocity

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-347

  Gaudreault, Nathaly ^a   Gravel, Denis ^a,b   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Houde, Sylvie ^c   Gagnon, Denis ^d  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Neuromuscular disease

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956739999     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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