A biomechanical analysis of the long-jump technique of elite female amputee athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1829-1835

  Nolan, Lee ^a   Patritti, Benjamin L ^b   Simpson, Kathy J ^c  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Disabled; Sport; Take off

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; MASS; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPORTS; TIBIA; TORQUE; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 33749466046     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000230211.60957.2e     Document Type: Article

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