Gait assessment in children with duchenne muscular dystrophy during long-distance walking

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-38

  Ganea, Raluca ^a   Jeannet, Pierre Yves ^b   Paraschiv Ionescu, Anisoara ^a   Goemans, Nathalie M ^c   Piot, Christine ^b   Van Den Hauwe, Marleen ^c   Aminian, Kamiar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Functional assessment; Gait pattern; Muscle weakness; Statistical classifier

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSOR; SENSORY GATING; TRUNK; VELOCITY; WALKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 84856879425     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811413581     Document Type: Article

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