The effect of evenly distributed load carrying on lower body gait dynamics for normal weight and overweight subjects

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Smith, Benjamin ^a   Roan, Michael ^a   Lee, Minhyung ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Gait adaptation; Gait analysis; Load carriage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954658968     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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