Gait Analysis of the Lower Limb in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 788.e8-

  Baan, Hetty ^a,b   Dubbeldam, Rosemary ^c   Nene, Anand V ^c   van de Laar, Martin A F J ^b  

^a Ziekenhuis Groep Twente   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Function; Lower limb; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systematic review gait analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PES PLENOVALGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALGUS DEFORMITY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84861224157     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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125. Tastekin N, Tuna H, Birtane M, Uzunca K. Plantar pressure changes of patients with heel valgus in rheumatoid arthritis. Turk J Rheumatol 2009;24:67-71.
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