Sit to stand from progressively lower seat heights - Alterations in angular velocity

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Schenkman, Margaret ^a,c   Riley, P O ^b   Pieper, C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular velocity; Body position; Chair rise; Healthy individuals; Seat height; Sit to stand

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PERFORMANCE; SEATS;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; BILATERAL ACTIVE MARKER BASED MOTION ANALYSIS; KNEE HEIGHT; SEAT HEIGHT; SIT TO STAND DYNAMICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SITTING; STANDING;

EID: 0030130672     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0033(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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