The influence of boot stiffness on gait kinematics and kinetics during stance phase

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2171-2182

  Cikajlo, I ^a   Matjacic Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Footwear stiffness; Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Stance phase

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

BIOMECHANICAL GAIT PARAMETER; FORCE-DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SHOE; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; SHOES; SLOVENIA; WALKING;

EID: 36549038238     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701582104     Document Type: Article

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