Muscle force distribution during forward and backward locomotion

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Błazkiewicz, Michalina ^a  

^a JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Backward gait; Forward gait; Muscle force contribution; Opensim

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886854109     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5277/abb130301     Document Type: Article

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