A comparison of gait characteristics between Korean and Western people for establishing Korean gait reference data

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1023-1030

  Ryu, Taebeum ^a   Soon Choi, Hwa ^a   Choi, Hoonwoo ^b   Chung, Min K ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparison; Gait analysis; Korean; Reference data; Western people

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPARISON; KNEE ABDUCTION MOMENT; REFERENCE DATA; WESTERN PEOPLE;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING SPEED; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751335889     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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