Gait & Posture
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 197-201 , June 2011

Can biomechanical variables predict improvement in crouch gait?

  • Jennifer L. Hicks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: James H. Clark Center, Room S231, Stanford University, Mail Code 5448, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Tel.: +1 650 498 4403; fax: +1 650 724 1922.
    • ,
  • Scott L. Delp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Michael H. Schwartz

      Affiliations

    • Center for Gait and Motion Analysis, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, MN, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Received 27 October 2010 ,Revised 14 April 2011 ,Accepted 18 April 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.04.009

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