Contribution of sex and body constitution to three-dimensional lower extremity alignment for healthy, elderly, non-obese humans in a Japanese population

Contribution of sex and body constitution to three-dimensional lower extremity alignment for healthy, elderly, non-obese humans in a Japanese population

Abstract Background Humans support their bodies exclusively by vertical balance in bipedal locomotion, and the body, especially the lower extremity, generally changes with age. Sex and body constitution are assumed to be associated with lower extremity alignment, but this association remains to be e...

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Main Authors: Ryota Katsumi, Tomoharu Mochizuki, Takashi Sato, Koichi Kobayashi, Satoshi Watanabe, Osamu Tanifuji, Naoto Endo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Subjects:
Healthy elderly human
Lower extremity alignment
Sex
Body constitution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40634-018-0147-3

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