Relationship among gait parameters while walking with varying loads

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Demura, Tomohiro ^a   Demura, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait; Human locomotion; Load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77954845119     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.29     Document Type: Article

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