Parachute landing fall characteristics at three realistic vertical descent velocities

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1135-1142

  Whitting, John W ^a   Steele, Julie R ^a   Jaffrey, Mark A ^b   Munro, Bridget J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Ground reaction forces; Kinematics; Parachuting injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERONAUTICAL SPORT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; KINEMATICS; MALE; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANKLE; AVIATION; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 36749060727     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2108.2007     Document Type: Article

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