Age and height effects on the center of mass and center of pressure inclination angles during obstacle-crossing

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 968-975

  Huang, Shier Chieg ^a   Lu, Tung Wu ^b   Chen, Hao Ling ^b   Wang, Ting Ming ^a   Chou, Li Shan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Center of mass; Center of pressure; Obstacle height; Obstructed gait

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AGE; AGE EFFECTS; CENTER OF MASS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; DYNAMIC STABILITY; INCLINATION ANGLES; NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBSTACLE HEIGHT; OBSTRUCTED GAIT; OLDER ADULTS; POSITION DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOOT PAD; GAIT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; LEG LENGTH; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 53049095549     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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