Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 300-306 , March 2010

The use of kinematic and parametric information to highlight lack of movement and compensation in the upper extremities during activities of daily living

  • Alessio Murgia

      Affiliations

    • School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AY, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0) 118 378 5225.
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  • Peter Kyberd

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, E3B 5A3
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  • Tom Barnhill

      Affiliations

    • Fredericton Medical Clinic, 1015 Regent Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Received 23 March 2009 ,Revised 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.007

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 300-306 , March 2010

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