The role of lower extremity joint powers in successful stair ambulation

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-144

  Wilken, Jason M ^a   Sinitski, Emily H ^a   Bagg, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle power; Center of mass; Plantarflexors; Stairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING;

EID: 79957457895     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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