Body size and walking cadence affect lower extremity joint power in children's gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-252

  Shultz, Sarah P ^a,b   Hills, Andrew P ^a   Sitler, Michael R ^b   Hillstrom, Howard J ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Child; Gait; Lower extremity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINT POWER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HIP JOINT POWER; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE JOINT POWER; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OBESITY; WALKING;

EID: 77954657420     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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