A comparison of required coefficient of friction for both feet in level walking

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-243

  Chang, Wen Ruey ^a   Matz, Simon ^a   Chang, Chien Chi ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot difference; Friction requirement; Human locomotion

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; FOOT DIFFERENCE; FRICTION REQUIREMENT; HUMAN LOCOMOTIONS; LEVEL WALKING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY PROFESSIONALS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STOCHASTIC DISTRIBUTION; WALKING SPEED;

FRICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TRIBOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTANTANEOUS COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; LEVEL WALKING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REQUIRED COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; SHOE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 82455210271     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.08.056     Document Type: Article

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