Lower limb muscle moments and power during recovery from forward loss of balance in male and female single and multiple steppers

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1031-1037

  Carty, Christopher P ^a   Cronin, Neil J ^b   Lichtwark, Glen A ^c   Mills, Peter M ^a   Barrett, Rod S ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Falls; Forward loss of balance; Muscle power

Indexed keywords

AGEING; ANKLE JOINTS; FALLS; HIP JOINTS; ISOMETRIC STRENGTH; LEAN ANGLE; LOWER LIMB; MUSCLE MOMENTS; OLDER ADULTS; PEAK POWER; RECOVERY RESPONSE; RECOVERY STRATEGIES; SINGLE-STEP;

BIOPHYSICS;

RECOVERY;

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84869488989     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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