Effect of load carriage on gait due to firefighting air bottle configuration

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 882-891

  Park, Kiwon ^a   Hur, Pilwon ^a   Rosengren, Karl S ^b   Horn, Gavin P ^a   Hsiao Wecksler, Elizabeth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighting; Gait performance; Ground reaction force; Obstacle crossing; Self contained breathing apparatus

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BIOMECHANICAL GAIT; BREATHING APPARATUS; FALL RISK; FUNCTIONAL GAIT; GAIT PARAMETERS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; KINEMATIC GAIT DATA; LOAD CARRIAGE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; STATIONARY OBSTACLES; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

BOTTLES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FALLING; FIRE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FIRES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77954107951     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.489962     Document Type: Article

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