Gender differences in lower extremity mechanics during running

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-357

  Ferber, Reed ^a   Davis, Irene McClay ^a,b   Williams III, Dorsey S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Joyner Sportsmedicine Institute   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Kinematics; Kinetics; Male; Running mechanics

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS;

KNEE KINEMATICS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG INJURY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037402416     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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