A simple method to determine body segment masses in vivo: Reliability, accuracy and sensitivity analysis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-368

  Pataky, Todd C ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Challis, John H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body segment parameters; Force plate; Measurement technique

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

JOINT MOMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037402393     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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