Perception of imposed leg length inequality in normal subjects

HIP International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-511

  O'Brien, Seamus ^a   Kernohan, George ^b   Fitzpatrick, Claire ^b   Hill, Janet ^a   Beverland, David ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leg length discrepancy; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953746298     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112070001002000414     Document Type: Article

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