Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , January 2010

Quantification of soft tissue artifact in lower limb human motion analysis: A systematic review

  • Alana Peters

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory Level 3, Main Building, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne 202 Berkely St, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory Level 3, Main Building, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9345 5354.
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  • Brook Galna

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory Level 3, Main Building, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne 202 Berkely St, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait Kingston Aged Care and Rehabilitation Centre Australia 3192, Australia
    • ,
  • Morgan Sangeux

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory Level 3, Main Building, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Meg Morris

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory Level 3, Main Building, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne 202 Berkely St, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • ,
  • Richard Baker

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory Level 3, Main Building, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne 202 Berkely St, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

Received 5 December 2008 ,Revised 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 12 September 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00617-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.004

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