Comparisons of the joint moments between leading and trailing limb in young adults when stepping over obstacles

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Chen, Hao Ling ^a   Lu, Tung Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gait; Joint moments; Lower limb; Obstacles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG; LIMB; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE;

EID: 28344449194     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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