Swing limb mechanics and minimum toe clearance in people with knee osteoarthritis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-281

  Levinger, Pazit ^a   Lai, Daniel T H ^b   Menz, Hylton B ^a   Morrow, Adam D ^a   Feller, Julian A ^a   Bartlett, John R ^c   Bergman, Neil R ^c   Begg, Rezaul ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Warringal Private Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Knee osteoarthritis; Minimum foot clearance; Walking

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM TOE CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOE JOINT; WALKING;

EID: 84856645700     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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