Ground contact characteristics of Tai Chi gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Wu, Ge ^a   Hitt, Juvena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot center of pressure; Foot ground contact; Ground reaction force; Plantar pressure; Tai Chi Chuan; Tai Chi gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TAI CHI;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; TAI JI; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 21644447385     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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