Changes in stature and spine kinematics during a loaded walking task

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-141

  Fowler, N E ^a   Rodacki, A L F ^a,b   Rodacki, C D ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Back pain; Ergonomics; Load carriage; Locomotion; Spinal motion; Stature change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SPINE MOBILITY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SPINE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 30144438983     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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