Temporal relationship between trunk and thigh contributes to balance control in load carriage walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 402-408

  Yen, Sheng Che ^a   Ling, Wen ^b   Magill, Richard ^b   McDonough, Andrew ^c   Gutierrez, Gregory M ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous relative phase; Coordination; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOAD CARRIAGE WALKING; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; THIGH; TRUNK; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; THIGH; TORSO; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80052410714     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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