Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 492-496 , November 2009

Prescription footwear for severe injuries of foot and ankle: Effect on regularity and symmetry of the gait assessed by trunk accelerometry

  • Philippe Terrier

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche en Réadaptation-Réinsertion, Sion, Switzerland
    • Clinique romande de réadaptation SUVA Care, Sion, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Clinique Romande de Réadaptation, Av. Gd-Champsec 90, 1951 Sion, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 27 603 20 70.
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  • Olivier Dériaz

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche en Réadaptation-Réinsertion, Sion, Switzerland
    • Clinique romande de réadaptation SUVA Care, Sion, Switzerland
    • ,
  • André Meichtry

      Affiliations

    • Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy, Winterthur, Switzerland
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  • François Luthi

      Affiliations

    • Clinique romande de réadaptation SUVA Care, Sion, Switzerland

Received 26 September 2008 ,Revised 15 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 July 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00312-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.122

Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 492-496 , November 2009

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