Analysis of musculoskeletal loadings in lower limbs during stilts walking in occupational activity

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1177-1189

  Wu, John Z ^a   Chiou, Sharon S ^a   Pan, Christopher S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Inverse dynamics; Joint moment; Muscle forces; Stilts

Indexed keywords

GAIT; INVERSE DYNAMICS; JOINT MOMENT; MUSCLE FORCES; STILTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYNAMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT; KNEE; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINTS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67349209261     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9674-5     Document Type: Article

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