On reducing hand impact force in forward falls: Results of a brief intervention in young males

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 730-736

  Lo, J ^a   McCabe, G N ^a   DeGoede, K M ^a   Okuizumi, H ^a   Ashton Miller, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Force; Impact; Intervention; Learning; Young males

Indexed keywords

IMPACT TESTING; KINEMATICS;

IMPACT FORCES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

EID: 0043239263     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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