The effect of military load carriage on 3-D lower limb kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1298-1304

  Birrell, Stewart A ^a   Haslam, Roger A ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D kinematics; Load carriage; Military; Spatiotemporal parameters

Indexed keywords

3-D KINEMATICS; CARRYING LOAD; DESIGN PROCESS; JOINT KINEMATICS; LOAD CARRIAGE; LOAD CARRYING; LOWER LIMB; MILITARY; MILITARY LOAD CARRIAGE; PELVIC ROTATION; RANGE OF MOTIONS; RELATED INJURIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PARAMETERS; STRIDE LENGTH;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

KINEMATICS;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RECREATION; ROTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTURAL BALANCE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350115234     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903003115     Document Type: Article

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