A new hip-knee-ankle-foot sling: Kinematic comparison with a traditional ankle-foot orthosis

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-712

  Zancan, Arturo ^a   Beretta, Maria V ^b   Schmid, Micaela ^b   Schieppati, Marco ^b  

^a Medical Center of Pavia   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AFO; Gait; Hemiplegia; Kinematic; Lower limb; Orthosis; Sling

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; KINEMATICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS; LOWER LIMB;

PROSTHETICS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HEMIPLEGIA; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES;

EID: 8644281084     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2003.06.0101     Document Type: Article

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