Hip impact velocities and body configurations for voluntary falls from standing height

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 807-811

  Van Den Kroonenberg, Aya J ^a   Hayes, Wilson C ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Hip fractures; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); MUSCLE;

FALL DYNAMICS; HIP FRACTURE; HIP IMPACT VELOCITIES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOAM; HAND; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; TRUNK; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0030175934     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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