Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 559-563 , October 2010

Can the reliability of three-dimensional running kinematics be improved using functional joint methodology?

  • Michael B. Pohl

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Running Injury Clinic, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: KNB135: Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4. Tel.: +1 403 210 8501; fax: +1 403 220 5193.
    • ,
  • Chandra Lloyd

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Running Injury Clinic, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Reed Ferber

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Running Injury Clinic, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Received 9 March 2010 ,Revised 25 June 2010 ,Accepted 26 July 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00224-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.020

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 559-563 , October 2010

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