Reliability of three-dimensional gait analysis in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 552-558

  McDermott, Ailish ^a,b   Bolger, Ciaran ^a   Keating, Louise ^b   McEvoy, Linda ^a   Meldrum, Dara ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Gait; Gait analysis; Measurement error; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 78149466098     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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