Gait & Posture
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 25-32 , January 2007

Criterion validity of 3D trunk accelerations to assess external work and power in able-bodied gait

  • André Meichtry

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Movement Analysis, Clinique romande de rédaptation, SUVA Care, Av. Gd. Champsec 90, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
    • Physiotherapy Science Studies, Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland and Faculty of Health Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 27 603 23 30; fax: +41 27 603 30 31.
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  • Jacqueline Romkes

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Gait Analysis, Children's University Hospital (UKBB), Burgfelderstrasse 101, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
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  • Charles Gobelet

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Movement Analysis, Clinique romande de rédaptation, SUVA Care, Av. Gd. Champsec 90, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
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  • Reinald Brunner

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Gait Analysis, Children's University Hospital (UKBB), Burgfelderstrasse 101, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
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  • Roland Müller

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland

Received 3 May 2005 ,Revised 19 December 2005 ,Accepted 19 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.016

Gait & Posture
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