Are joint torques the Holy Grail of human gait analysis?

Human Movement Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-443

  Vaughan, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human gait; Joint torque; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163372     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9457(96)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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