Froude number fractions to increase walking pattern dynamic similarities: Application to plantar pressure study in healthy subjects

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-48

  Moretto, P ^a   Bisiaux, M ^a   Lafortune, M A ^b  

^a Lab d'Etud de la Motricite Hum   (France)

^b Nike   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic similarity; Froude number; Joint angles; Plantar pressure; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 33751005851     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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