Effect of pre-impact movement strategies on the impact forces resulting from a lateral fall

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1969-1977

  Lo, J ^a   Ashton Miller, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hip; Impact; Latency; Lateral fall; Movement strategy; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

LATERAL FALL; MOVEMENT STRATEGY;

RISK ANALYSIS;

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; FALLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG FLEXION; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REACTION TIME; RISK; ROTATION; SHOULDER; THIGH; TORQUE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURES, BONE; JOINTS; KINETICS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 44649098813     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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