Biomechanical analysis of rollator walking

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alkjær, Tine ^a   Larsen, Peter K ^a   Pedersen, Gitte ^a   Nielsen, Linda H ^a   Simonsen, Erik B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIP JOINT DYNAMICS; ROLLATOR WALKING; SAGITTAL JOINT DYNAMICS;

DATA REDUCTION; INVERSE KINEMATICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; STATISTICAL METHODS; WALKING AIDS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING; WALKING AID; ANKLE; HIP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF HELP DEVICE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 30644457837     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-5-2     Document Type: Article

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