Musculoskeletal stiffness changes linearly in response to increasing load during walking gait

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1165-1171

  Caron, Robert R ^a   Lewis, Cara L ^b   Saltzman, Elliot ^b   Wagenaar, Robert C ^b,c   Holt, Kenneth G ^b  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Exoskeleton; Gait; Load; Pendulum; Stiffness; Torque

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MOTION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PENDULUMS; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

3-D MOTION ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CENTER OF MASS; EXOSKELETON; GAIT; KINEMATIC VARIABLES; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS CHANGES;

LOADING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; JOINT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925379874     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.12.046     Document Type: Article

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