Comparing Gait Performance of People with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Who Do and Do Not Wear Ankle Foot Orthoses

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 191-199

  Ramdharry, Gita M ^b   Pollard, Alexander J ^a   Marsden, Jonathan F ^c   Reilly, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle foot orthoses; Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GAIT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER;

EID: 84870718302     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.531     Document Type: Article

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