Gender differences in lower extremity gait biomechanics during walking using an unstable shoe

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1047-1052

  Nigg, Benno M ^a   Tecante, Karelia E ^a   Federolf, Peter ^a   Landry, Scott C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Gender differences; Kinematics; Kinetics; MBT

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINT MOMENTS; ANKLE JOINTS; ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; FORCE PLATE; GAIT; GAIT CYCLES; GAIT KINEMATICS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER EFFECTS; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT MOMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MBT; POSTURAL CONTROL; REACTION TIME; STANCE PHASE; STANDARD GAIT ANALYSIS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; UNSTABLE SHOE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTER OF PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; STANDING; UNSTABLE SHOE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 78650216487     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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