Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 238-247 , July 2007

Preliminary normative values for foot loading parameters of the developing child

  • Kerstin Bosch

      Affiliations

    • Movement Analysis Lab, Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
    • ,
  • Joachim Gerss

      Affiliations

    • Coordinating Centre for Clinical Trials, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
    • ,
  • Dieter Rosenbaum

      Affiliations

    • Movement Analysis Lab, Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Funktionsbereich Bewegungsanalytik, Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Domagkstr. 3, D-48129 Münster, Germany. Tel.: +49 251 835 2970, Fax: +49 251 835 2993

Received 4 April 2006 ,Revised 22 August 2006 ,Accepted 8 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.014

Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 238-247 , July 2007

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