Effect of asymmetrical limb loading on early postural adjustments associated with gait initiation in young healthy adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-94

  Patchay, Sandhiran ^a,b   Gahéry, Yves ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical limb loading; Center of pressure; Gait initiation; Ground reaction forces; Postural adjustments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE;

EID: 0037632517     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00167-4     Document Type: Article

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