Efficacy of clinical gait analysis: A systematic review

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-153

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b   Gorton, George E ^c   Õunpuu, Sylvia ^d   Tucker, Carole A ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d Connecticuit Children's Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficacy; Evidence based medicine; Gait analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAIT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS;

EID: 79959966845     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.027     Document Type: Review

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