Mild leg length discrepancy affects lower limbs, pelvis and trunk biomechanics of individuals with knee osteoarthritis during gait

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Resende, Renan A ^a   Kirkwood, Renata N ^b   Deluzio, Kevin J ^c   Morton, Amy M ^c   Fonseca, Sérgio T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Knee; Leg length discrepancy; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; GAIT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICAL DATA; GAIT; KNEE; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; KNEE FLEXION ANGLE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG-LENGTH DISCREPANCIES; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MILD LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; STANDING; TRUNK; COMPLICATION; KNEE; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WALKING;

AGED; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PELVIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROTATION; TORSO; WALKING;

EID: 84982853994     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.08.001     Document Type: Article

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