Step length and required friction in walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-551

  Cooper, Ryan C ^a   Prebeau Menezes, Leif M ^b   Butcher, Michael T ^b   Bertram, John E A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Friction; Shoe; Step length; Unshod; Walk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FRICTION; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 41549166544     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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