Analysis of the effect of fatigue on walking gait stability

MHS 2002 - Proceedings of 2002 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 253-258

  Arif, M ^a   Ohtaki, Y ^a   Nagatomi, R ^b   Ishihara, T ^a   Inooka, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Central nervous system; Fatigue; Gravity; Humans; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Process control; Senior citizens; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAVITATION; MUSCLE; PROCESS CONTROL; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STABILITY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; SENIOR CITIZENS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 84951731565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MHS.2002.1058043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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