The influence of rifle carriage on the kinetics of human gait

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 816-826

  Birrell, S A ^a   Haslam, R A ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Load carriage; Military; Rifle carriage

Indexed keywords

FISH; HEALTH; LOADS (FORCES); PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; THEOREM PROVING;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ADDITIONAL LOADS; APPLIED (CO); ARM MOVEMENTS; CENTRE OF MASS; CONTROL CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUND REACTION FORCES (GRF); HUMAN GAIT; KINETIC DATA; MAIN EFFECTS; MEDIOLATERAL (ML); RANGE OF MOTION (ROM); WALKING SPEEDS;

GUNS (ARMAMENT);

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIREARM; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FIREARMS; GAIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 46349111523     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701811859     Document Type: Article

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