Lower limb coordination patterns in hemiparetic gait: Factors of knee flexion impairment

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-311

  Hutin, Emilie ^a,b,c,d   Pradon, Didier ^a   Barbier, Franck ^b,c   Gracies, Jean Michel ^d   Bussel, Bernard ^a   Roche, Nicolas ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Continuous relative phase; Coordination; Gait; Hemiparesis

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BOTULINUM TOXINS; COORDINATION; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; RELATIVE PHASE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; LEG; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIGH;

EID: 79952693807     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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