The impact of a systematic reduction in shoe-floor friction on heel contact walking kinematics-A gait simulation approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1532-1539

  Mahboobin, A ^a   Cham, R ^a   Piazza, S J ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Contact model; Gait; Optimization; Slips

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION; CONTACT MODELS; DRY CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GAIT KINEMATICS; GAIT PATTERN; GAIT-OPTIMIZATION; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HIP FLEXION; JOINT ANGLE; KNEE EXTENSION; OLDER ADULTS; SET OF MOMENTS; SIMULATION APPROACH; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; WALKING MODEL;

END EFFECTORS; FLOORS; FRICTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; TRIBOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SIMULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHOES;

EID: 77952672793     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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