Mechanics of toe and heel landing in stepping down in ongoing gait

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2417-2421

  van Dieën, Jaap H ^a   Spanjaard, Marcel ^a,b   Könemann, Reinier ^a   Bron, Lennart ^a   Pijnappels, Mirjam ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Inverse dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; MOMENTUM;

ANKLE JOINTS; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); GROUND CONTACTS; GROUND REACTION FORCES (GRF); HIGHER MOMENTS; IMPACT FORCES; KINEMATIC DATA; VERTICAL VELOCITIES;

LANDING;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; TOE AND TOE LANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HEEL; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; TOES;

EID: 48149110646     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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