Comparing two devices of suspended treadmill walking by varying body unloading and Froude number

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 446-451

  Ruckstuhl, Heidi ^a   Kho, Jenniefer ^a   Weed, Matthew ^a   Wilkinson, Miles W ^a   Hargens, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight support; Froude number; Harness; Lower Body Positive Pressure; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; VOLUNTEER; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349255533     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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