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indications, in particular improving the development of
“multi-site” surgery [DE 97]. Apart from aiding in decision-
making, the comparison of successive QGA results obtained
from experiments conducted on the same patient makes
possible for a treatment to be assessed (e.g. ligament
reconstruction, total hip or knee prosthesis) Broström E.W.,
et al
. [BRO 12b], or even the alignment of lower limb
prostheses [LUC 10].
Figure 1.12.
QGA at the Orthopedics Institute at Children's Hospital
Colorado (http://orthopedics.childrenscolorado.org/)
Other clinical applications will be presented in more
detail in Chapter 5 of this topic.
After this overview of different areas in which movement
analysis is found, we will focus on the measurement methods
for data acquisition.
