Gait muscle activity during walking on an inclined icy surface

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-22

  Gao, Chuansi ^a,c   Oksa, Juha ^b   Rintamäki, Hannu ^b   Holmér, Ingvar ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic Balance; Electromyography; Gait; Icy surface; Ramp; Slip

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; HUMANS; ICE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 39649100207     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.15     Document Type: Article

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