Effects of methods of descending stairs forwards versus backwards on knee joint force in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A clinical controlled study

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hasegawa, Masaki ^a,b   Chin, Takaaki ^b   Oki, Sadaaki ^a,c   Kanai, Shusaku ^a   Shimatani, Koji ^a   Shimada, Tomoaki ^b  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kousei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT PRESSURE; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 79960345395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-2-14     Document Type: Article

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