Relative contributions of the lower extremity joint moments to forward progression and support during gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Kepple, Thomas M ^a,b   Siegel, Karen Lohmann ^a   Stanhope, Steven J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward and vertical acceleration; Joint moments; Lower extremity; Plantar flexors; Support moments

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0343051804     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(96)01094-6     Document Type: Article

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