Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 234-240 , February 2010

One year follow-up after operative ankle fractures: A prospective gait analysis study with a multi-segment foot model

  • Ruoli Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 8 790 7159; fax: +46 8 796 9850.
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  • Charlotte K. Thur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Elena M. Gutierrez-Farewik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Per Wretenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Eva Broström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 26 February 2009 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 25 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.012

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 234-240 , February 2010

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