Relationship between hamstring activation rate and heel contact velocity: Factors influencing age-related slip-induced falls

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-34

  Lockhart, Thurmon E ^a   Kim, Sukwon ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Falls; Hamstring activation rate; Heel velocity; RCOF; Slips

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMSTRING; HEEL; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WALKING; WETTABILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745595641     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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