Comparison of knee motion on Earth and in space: An observational study

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pierre, Mark C ^a   Genc, Kerim O ^a,b   Litow, Micah ^a,b   Humphreys, Brad ^c   Rice, Andrea J ^a   Maender, Christian C ^d   Cavanagh, Peter R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZIN Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RANGE OF MOTION; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 33745655843     PISSN: 17430003     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-3-8     Document Type: Article

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