Kinetic analysis of forwards and backwards stair descent

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 564-571

  D Beaulieu, François G ^a   Pelland, Lucie ^b   Robertson, D Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait; Inverse dynamics; Mechanical power; Support moment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; WALKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 41549155052     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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