Trunk lean gait modification and knee joint load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis: The effect of varying trunk lean angles

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1545-1553

  Simic, Milena ^a,b   Hunt, Michael A ^c   Bennell, Kim L ^a   Hinman, Rana S ^a   Wrigley, Tim V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LATERAL TRUNK LEAN GAIT; MALE; STANDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84869173058     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21724     Document Type: Article

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