The effect of falling height on muscle activity and foot motion during landings

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 533-544

  Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a   Morey Klapsing, Gaspar ^a   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG activity; Eversion; Foot stability; Forefoot kinematics; Mat deformation; Modelling; Rearfoot kinematics; Tibial rotation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MODEL; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION CAMERA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0142248874     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(03)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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