Fatigue-related loading imbalance on the shank in running: a possible factor in stress fractures

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 463-469

  Mizrahi, J ^a   Verbitsky, O ^a   Isakov, E ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; MUSCLE; ORTHOPEDICS;

FATIGUE RELATED LOADING IMBALANCE; IMPACT ACCELERATION; RUNNING; SHANK; STRESS FRACTURES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0033623712     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.284     Document Type: Article

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