Influence of speed variation and age on ground reaction forces and stride parameters of children's normal gait

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 682-687

  Diop, M ^a   Rahmani, A ^b   Belli, A ^a   Gautheron, V ^a   Geyssant, A ^a   Cottalorda, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Double stance; Normalized parameters; Stance; Stride; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FOOT; GAIT; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 26444535670     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830382     Document Type: Article

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