Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 530-532 , April 2010

Validation of 3-D freehand ultrasound for the determination of the hip joint centre

  • Alana Peters

      Affiliations

    • Gait CCRE, 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: Gait CCRE, 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 6794.
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  • Richard Baker

      Affiliations

    • Gait CCRE, 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
    • ,
  • Morgan Sangeux

      Affiliations

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

Received 28 August 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00029-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.014

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 530-532 , April 2010

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