Knee biomechanics of alternate stair ambulation patterns

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2005-2011

  Reid, Samantha M ^a   Lynn, Scott K ^a   Musselman, Reilly P ^a   Costigan, Patrick A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lower limb kinetics; Stairs; Step by step; Step over step

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CANADA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 35948961126     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31814538c8     Document Type: Article

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