Dynamics of the ankle joint analyzed through moment-angle loops during human walking: Gender and age effects

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1185-1198

  Crenna, Paolo ^a   Frigo, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Human walking; Joint angles; Joint moments; Joint work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855138752     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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