The effect of gait speed and gender on perceived exertion, muscle activity, joint motion of lower extremity, ground reaction force and heart rate during normal walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-392

  Chiu, Min Chi ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EMG; Gender; Ground reaction force; Joint motion; Rating of perceived exertion; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33846932824     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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