Changes in gait kinematics and posture with the use of a front pack

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 885-894

  Fiolkowski, Paul ^a   Horodyski, Marybeth ^b   Bishop, Mark ^b   Williams, Melissa ^c   Stylianou, Lee ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PREFERO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backpack; Carriage; Gait; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MUSCLE;

BACKPACK; CARRIAGE; FRONT PACK; GAIT KINEMATICS; POSTURE;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ACROMION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33745533589     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600667444     Document Type: Article

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