Joint kinetics and muscle activity while walking on ballast

Human Factors

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 560-573

  Wade, Chip ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^b   Andres, Robert O ^c   Breloff, Scott P ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Ergonomic Engineering Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

ballast; EMG; gait analysis; irregular terrain; kinetics; railroad

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; BALLAST; BALLAST SURFACE; CO-CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGNAL; EMG; FULL-BODY MOTIONS; GAIT KINETICS; GAIT MEASURES; GAIT PARAMETERS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; INJURY PREVENTION; IRREGULAR TERRAIN; JOINT KINETICS; JOINT MOMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCLES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; SURFACE CONDITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL JOINTS; WALKING BALLAST; WALKING SURFACES; WORK PRACTICES;

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GAIT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LANDFORMS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MUSCLES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649651059     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720810381996     Document Type: Article

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