Influence of load and carrying methods on gait phase and ground reactions in children's stair walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Hong, Youlian ^a   Li, Jing Xian ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Load carriage; Schoolbag; Stair walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 21644485932     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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