Men and women adopt similar walking mechanics and muscle activation patterns during load carriage

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2522-2528

  Silder, Amy ^a   Delp, Scott L ^a   Besier, Thor ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Joint kinematics; Joint kinetics; Metabolic cost; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

GROUND REACTION FORCES; JOINT KINEMATICS; JOINT KINETICS; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; METABOLIC COST; MOTION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINT KINEMATICS; JOINT KINETICS; METABOLIC COST; MOTION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883797971     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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