The relationship between joint kinetic factors and the walk-run gait transition speed during human locomotion

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-157

  Hreljac, Alan ^a   Imamura, Rodney T ^a   Escamilla, Rafael F ^a   Edwards, W Brent ^b,c   MacLeod, Toran ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lowa State University

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse dynamics; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); VIDEO RECORDING;

GROUND REACTION FORCES; HUMAN LOCOMOTIONS; INVERSE DYNAMICS; KNEE JOINT MOMENT; RUNNING; TRANSITION SPEED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS; WALKING;

SPEED;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; WALK RUN GAIT TRANSITION SPEED; WALKING SPEED; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 52149085037     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.24.2.149     Document Type: Article

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