Placing the trailing foot closer to an obstacle reduces flexion of the hip, knee, and ankle to increase the risk of tripping

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 685-691

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Obstacle; Toe obstacle clearance; Toe obstacle distance; Tripping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEIGHT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDING; TOE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; ROTATION; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 0031665659     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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