The measurement of body segment inertial parameters using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1575-1580

  Durkin, Jennifer L ^a   Dowling, James J ^b   Andrews, David M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body segment parameters; Centre of mass location; DXA; Mass; Moment of inertia

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOMETRY;

WHOLE BODY MASS (WBM);

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; LEG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEG; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0036889728     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00227-0     Document Type: Article

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