Mechanical energy estimation during walking: Validity and sensitivity in typical gait and in children with cerebral palsy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-237

  van de Walle, P ^a,b,c   Hallemans, A ^a,d   Schwartz, M ^e,f   Truijen, S ^a,g   Gosselink, R ^c   Desloovere, K ^b,c  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e Gilette Children's Specialty Healthcare   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Efficiency; Gait; Mechanical energy; Metabolic energy; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRE OF MASS APPROACH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED JOINT POWER APPROACH; KINETICS; MALE; MECHANICAL ENERGY ESTIMATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUM OF SEGMENTAL ENERGY APPROACH; VALIDITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 84856674169     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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