Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 430-437 , June 2006

The effect of load carriage on the gait of girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and normal controls

  • Daniel H.K. Chow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 2766 7674; fax: +852 2362 4365.
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  • Monica L.Y. Kwok

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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  • Alexander C.K. Au-Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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  • Andrew D. Holmes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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  • Jack C.Y. Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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  • Fiona Y.D. Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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  • M.S. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Received 19 July 2004 ,Revised 12 May 2005 ,Accepted 7 July 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00158-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.013

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 430-437 , June 2006

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