The influence of walking speed on mechanical joint power during gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-176

  Chen, I H ^a   Kuo, K N ^b,c   Andriacchi, T P ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Joint work; Power; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0030726694     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(97)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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