Kinematics of the foot during slips

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-234

  Chambers, April J ^a   Margerum, Sarah ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a,b,c   Cham, Rakié ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Foot; Kinematics; Slips

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646704749     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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