Gait pattern in myotonic dystrophy (Steinert disease): A kinematic, kinetic and EMG evaluation using 3D gait analysis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 83-87

  Galli, Manuela ^a,b   Cimolin, Veronica ^a,c   Crugnola, Veronica ^c   Priano, Lorenzo ^c,d   Menegoni, Francesco ^c   Trotti, Claudio ^c   Milano, Eva ^c   Mauro, Alessandro ^c,d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

EMG; Gait analysis; Kinematics; Kinetics; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 84857051931     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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