Kinematics, kinetics and muscle activities of the lower extremity during the first four steps from gait initiation to the steady-state walking

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-211

  Park, Sunwoo ^a   Choi, Hueseok ^a   Ryu, Kihong ^a   Kim, Sayup ^b   Kim, Youngho ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait initiation; Joint motion; Movement of COP and COM

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; ANTEROPOSTERIOR; BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GAIT INITIATION; JOINT MOTION; KNEE MOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOTION ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT OF COP AND COM; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCULAR ACTIVITIES; NEAR INFRARED; STEP LENGTH; STRIDE LENGTH; VERTICAL COMPONENT; WALKING SPEED; WHOLE PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INFRARED DEVICES; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

GAIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856329773     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-008-0812-z     Document Type: Article

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