Tibial acceleration variability during consecutive gait cycles is influenced by the menstrual cycle

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 557-562

  Clark, Ross A ^a   Bartold, Simon ^a   Bryant, Adam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athlete; Biomechanics; Estrogen; Female; Injury; Menstrual cycle; Physiology; Tibial acceleration

Indexed keywords

ANTEROPOSTERIOR; AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTIVE PILL; CYCLICALITY; ESTROGEN; FEMALE; GAIT CYCLES; INJURY RISK; MEDIOLATERAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT PATTERN; REPEATED MEASURES; TIME POINTS;

BIOMECHANICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION;

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTODENE; LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; TIBIA; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION; RISK; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77952673556     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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