Discovery of the pendulum and spring dynamics in the early stages of walking

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-218

  Holt, Kenneth G ^a   Saltzman, Elliot ^a   Ho, Chia Ling ^a   Kubo, Masayoshi ^b   Ulrich, Beverly D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Escapement; Gait; Learning; Pendulum and spring dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PENDULUM DYNAMIC; SPRING DYNAMIC; STRIDE FREQUENCY; STRIDE LENGTH; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646944096     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.38.3.206-218     Document Type: Article

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