Quantitative analysis of upper limbs during gait: A marker set protocol

Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Cimolin, Veronica ^a   Galli, Manuela ^a,b   Albertini, Giorgio ^b   Crivellini, Marcello ^a   Romkes, Jacqueline ^c   Brunner, Reinald ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Kinematics; Kinetics; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOULDER;

EID: 84863901874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22808000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JABFM.2012.9277     Document Type: Article

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