Influence of carrying a backpack on pelvic tilt, rotation, and obliquity in female college students

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-267

  Smith, Barbara ^a   Ashton, Kelly M ^a   Bohl, Danielle ^a   Clark, Richard C ^a   Metheny, J Brooke ^a   Klassen, Stephanie ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic motion; Postural changes; VICON gait analysis system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; OBLIQUE ROTATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TILTING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; PELVIS; POSTURE; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33644504882     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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