Multiple sclerosis affects the frequency content in the vertical ground reaction forces during walking

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Wurdeman, Shane R ^a,c   Huisinga, Jessie M ^a   Filipi, Mary ^b   Stergiou, Nicholas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier transformation; Frequency analysis; Gait; Locomotion; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CENTER OF GRAVITY; CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GAIT; GAIT DISTURBANCES; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HEALTHY CONTROLS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MEDIAN FREQUENCY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; REACTION FORCES; SPECIFIC TOOL; STANCE PHASE; T-TESTS; VERTICAL OSCILLATIONS;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; POWER SPECTRUM;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAIT; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; WALKING;

FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKING;

EID: 79751537310     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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