Obesity is not associated with increased knee joint torque and power during level walking

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1355-1362

  DeVita, Paul ^a   Hortobágyi, Tibor ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; BMI; Body mass; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Overweight; Walking

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); STATISTICAL METHODS; TORQUE;

OBESITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 0042123894     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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