Gait strategy in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type: A kinematic and kinetic evaluation using 3D gait analysis

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1663-1668

  Galli, Manuela ^a,b   Cimolin, Veronica ^a   Rigoldi, Chiara ^a   Castori, Marco ^c   Celletti, Claudia ^d   Albertini, Giorgio ^b   Camerota, Filippo ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ehlers Danlos; Joint hypermobility; Rehabilitation; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STANDING; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; KINETICS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79958289385     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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