Background and purpose — The lower extremity functional scale (LEFS) is a well-known and validated instrument for measurement of lower extremity function. The LEFS was developed in a group of patients with various musculoskeletal disorders, and no reference data for the healthy population are ava...
INTRODUCTIONGait analysis is an effective tool for evaluating and quantifying effects of a surgical intervention or rehabilitation on a patient's gait (Schutte et all., 2000). Although gait symmetry has often been assumed to simplify data collection and analysis (Heydar et all., 2000), asymmetry...