Influences of walking speed change on the lumbosacral joint force distribution

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 155-165

  Cheng, Cheng Kung ^a   Chen, Hsiang Ho ^a   Chen, Cheng Sheng ^a   Lee, Shu Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Gait; Lumbar spine; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FORCE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; VELOCITY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HEEL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SACRUM; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032409452     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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