Martial arts fall techniques decrease the impact forces at the hip during sideways falling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 458-462

  Groen, B E ^a,b   Weerdesteyn, V ^a,b,c   Duysens, J ^a,b,c  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Falls; Hip fracture; Impact

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FALL PREVENTION; HIP FRACTURE; IMPACT FORCE;

FRACTURE;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLING; FORCE; HAND; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TECHNIQUE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MARTIAL ARTS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 33845650313     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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