The biomechanical functional demand placed on knee and hip muscles of older adults during stair ascent and descent

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Samuel, Dinesh ^a   Rowe, Philip ^b   Hood, Victoria ^b   Nicol, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanical analysis; Functional demand; Hip; Knee; Moments; Muscle strength; Stair ascent; Stair descent; Stair negotiation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICAL FUNCTIONAL DEMAND; BIOMECHANICS; CLIMBING; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 79959958158     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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