Energy cost of balance control during walking decreases with external stabilizer stiffness independent of walking speed

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2109-2114

  Ijmker, Trienke ^a,b   Houdijk, Han ^a,b   Lamoth, Claudine J C ^c   Beek, Peter J ^a   van der Woude, Lucas H V ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Heliomare Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energetics; Gait; Oxygen consumption; Stability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; EXTERNAL STABILIZATIONS; GAIT; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRUNK ACCELERATION; VARIABILITY;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; METABOLISM; SPEED; STABILIZATION; STIFFNESS;

COSTS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84882272475     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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