Stepping over an obstacle increases the motions and moments of the joints of the trailing limb in young adults

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Chou, Li Shan ^a   Draganich, Louis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Obstacle; Toe obstacle clearance

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE;

TOE OBSTACLE CLEARANCES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLING; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STANDING; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTION;

EID: 0031127013     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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