Effects of military load carriage on kinematics of gait

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 782-791

  Majumdar, Deepti ^a   Pal, Madhu Sudan ^a   Majumdar, Dhurjati ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Angular displacement; Kinematics; Load carriage; ROM

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRE OF MASS; DAILY SCHEDULE; FUTURE DESIGNS; GAIT PARAMETERS; JOINT INJURIES; LOAD CARRIAGE; LOAD EFFECTS; LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICTS; MACHINE GUNS; MILITARY LOAD CARRIAGE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NO LOAD; STEP LENGTH; STRIDE LENGTH;

MILITARY OPERATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

KINEMATICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; INDIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INDIA; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952586954     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140131003672015     Document Type: Article

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