The effect of contralateral pelvic drop and trunk lean on frontal plane knee biomechanics during single limb standing

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2791-2796

  Takacs, Judit ^a   Hunt, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Knee adduction moment; Pelvic drop

Indexed keywords

CENTRE OF MASS; FRONTAL PLANES; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; HIP MUSCLES; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; KNEE BIOMECHANICS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE JOINT LOADING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEAN ANGLE; RISK FACTORS;

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADING; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DROPS;

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; STANDING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; PELVIS; POSTURE; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868375396     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.08.041     Document Type: Article

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