Kinematics of the transition between walking and running when gradually changing speed

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-361

  Segers, V ^a   Lenoir, M ^a   Aerts, P ^a,b   De Clercq, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait transition; Kinematics; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

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

EID: 34547830402     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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