Age-related changes in the interactive mobility of the hip and knee joints: A geometrical analysis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-243

  Nonaka, Hisako ^a   Mita, Katsumi ^b,c   Watakabe, Makoto ^b   Akataki, Kumi ^b   Suzuki, Nobuharu ^d   Okuwa, Tetsuo ^e   Yabe, Kyonosuke ^f  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Izu Rehab Welf Ctr Children D   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Biarticular muscle, Monoarticular muscle; Hip joint; Knee joint; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; GEOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036248021     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(01)00191-6     Document Type: Article

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