Knee joint forces during downhill walking with hiking poles

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 969-978

  Schwameder, Hermann ^a   Roithner, Robin ^a   Müller, Erich ^a   Niessen, Wolfgang ^a   Raschner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Downhill walking; Hiking poles; Knee joint forces; Knee joint moments; Load reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SHEAR STRESS; TELEVISION CAMERA; TIBIA; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0032731838     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404199365362     Document Type: Article

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