Leg stiffness adjustment for a range of hopping frequencies in humans

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 506-511

  Hobara, Hiroaki ^a,b   Inoue, Koh ^b   Muraoka, Tetsuro ^b   Omuro, Kohei ^b   Sakamoto, Masanori ^b   Kanosue, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ground reaction force; Joint stiffness; Leg spring; Lower extremity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE STIFFNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HOPPING FREQUENCY; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEG MUSCLES; LEG STIFFNESS; LOWER EXTREMITY; NEURAL ACTIVITY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

STIFFNESS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLIGHT; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449087194     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.040     Document Type: Article

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