Ground reaction force and 3D biomechanical characteristics of walking in short-leg walkers

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-492

  Zhang, Songning ^a,c   Clowers, Kurt G ^b   Powell, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

Author keywords

3D biomechanics; Gait; Short leg walker; Walking; Walking boot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAST APPLICATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 33750286713     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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