Low frequency shock absorption in human walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Ratcliffe, Robert J ^a   Holt, Kenneth G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human walking; Mechanical shock; Oscillator model; Resonance; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TREADMILL; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 0030972301     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(96)01077-6     Document Type: Article

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