Lower-extremity gait kinematics on slippery surfaces in construction worksites

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-454

  Fong, Daniel Tik Pui ^a,b   Hong, Youlian ^b   Li, Jing Xian ^c  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait adaptation; Injury prevention; Occupational slips and fall; Slipping potential measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; GAIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; SHOES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 14844342813     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000155390.41572.DE     Document Type: Review

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