Asymmetrical ground impact of the hands after a trip-induced fall: Experimental kinematics and kinetics

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1088-1095

  Troy, Karen L ^a   Grabiner, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Falls; Injury; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS;

DISTAL RADIUS; INJURY; TRIP-INDUCED FALL; WRIST;

FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; WRIST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 35548994261     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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