Effects of load carriage and fatigue on gait characteristics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1259-1263

  Qu, Xingda ^a   Yeo, Joo Chuan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Gait; Gait kinematics; Gait variability; Load carriage

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; GAIT; GAIT KINEMATICS; GAIT VARIABILITY; LOAD CARRIAGE;

KINEMATICS;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FATIGUE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79954583596     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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