Gait variability and regularity of people with transtibial amputations

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-273

  Parker, Kim ^a   Hanada, Ed ^b   Adderson, James ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Falls; Gait; Transtibial amputee; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TIBIA;

EID: 84872678022     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.029     Document Type: Article

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