Control of body's center of mass motion during level walking and obstacle-crossing in older patients with knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Mechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-237

  Hsu, W C ^a   Wang, T M ^a,b   Liu, M W ^c   Chang, C F ^a   Chen, H L ^a   Lu, T W ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Center of pressure; Gait; Inclination angle; Knee osteoarthritis; Obstacle crossing

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

CENTER OF MASS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; GAIT; INCLINATION ANGLES; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OBSTACLE CROSSINGS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 77952283312     PISSN: 17277191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1727719100003087     Document Type: Article

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