Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 8 , Pages 997-1003 , October 2008

Effects of severity of degeneration on gait patterns in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis

  • Shier-Chieg Huang

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Taiwan, ROC
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • I-Pin Wei

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Chinese Medical Science, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hui-Lien Chien

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Ting-Ming Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Yen-Hung Liu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Hao-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Tung-Wu Lu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 2 33653335; fax: +886 2 33653335.
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  • Jaung-Geng Lin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Chinese Medical Science, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC

Received 30 June 2007 ,Revised 22 February 2008 ,Accepted 22 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.02.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 8 , Pages 997-1003 , October 2008

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