Effects of changes in skiing posture on the kinetics of the knee joint

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-93

  Koyanagi, Maki ^a   Shino, Konsei ^b   Yoshimoto, Yoji ^b   Inoue, Satoru ^c   Sato, Mutsumi ^c   Nakata, Ken ^d  

^a SHIJONAWATE GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACL injury; Centre of gravity; Kinetics; Knee joint; Skiing posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SKIING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 30744460376     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0609-2     Document Type: Article

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