The influence of body mass index and velocity on knee biomechanics during walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 575-579

  Freedman Silvernail, Julia ^a   Milner, Clare E ^b   Thompson, Dixie ^b   Zhang, Songning ^b   Zhao, Xiaopeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Osteoarthritis; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875618021     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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