The influence of gender on spine, hip, knee, and ankle motions during a reaching task

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-103

  Thomas, James S ^a   Corcos, Daniel M ^a   Hasan, Ziaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Hip; Kinematic redundancy; Reaching; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINESIOLOGY; KNEE; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031971118     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899809601327     Document Type: Article

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