Influence of the relative difference in chair seat height according to different lower thigh length on floor reaction force and lower-limb strength during sit-to-stand movement

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Yamada, Takayoshi ^a   Demura, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floor reaction force; Lower thigh length; Sit to stand movement; Strategy for achieving movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SITTING; STANDING; THIGH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 15244360789     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.23.197     Document Type: Article

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