Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 191-196 , February 2010

Perspectives for clinical measures of dynamic foot function—Reference data and methodological considerations

  • M.S. Rathleff

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Division, North Denmark Region, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Sdr. Skovvej 15, 2. floor, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark. Tel.: +45 53270676.
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  • R.G. Nielsen

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Division, North Denmark Region, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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  • O. Simonsen

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Division, North Denmark Region, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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  • C.G. Olesen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
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  • U.G. Kersting

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Denmark

Received 7 February 2009 ,Revised 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.004

Gait & Posture
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