Evaluating asymmetry in prosthetic gait with step-length asymmetry alone is flawed

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 446-451

  Roerdink, Melvyn ^a   Roeles, Sanne ^a   van der Pas, Sanne C H ^a   Bosboom, Otelie ^b   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gait asymmetry; Prosthetic gait; Step length; Trunk progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT STEP LENGTH ASYMMETRY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC GAIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 84857997305     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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