Effects of step length on stepping responses used to arrest a forward fall

Gait and Posture

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-224

  King, Gregory W ^a   Luchies, Carl W ^a   Stylianou, Antonis P ^a   Schiffman, Jeffrey M ^b   Thelen, Darryl G ^c  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b US Army Soldier Systems Center   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Forward fall; Human; Motor control; Step length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; STEPPING RESPONSE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 26444504056     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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