Human walking

Author(s)

• Rose, Jessica
• Gamble, James Gibson

Bibliographic Information

Human walking

edited by Jessica Rose, James G. Gamble

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, c2006

3rd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Human locomotion
• The evolution of human walking
• Kinematics of normal walking
• Kinetics of normal walking
• Energetics of walking
• Muscle activity during walking
• Development of gait
• Gait adaptations in adulthood : pregnancy, aging, and alcoholism
• Walking for health
• Gait analysis : clinical decision making
• Lower limb prostheses : implications and applications
• Simulation of walking
• The next step : restoring walking after paralysis
• Human walking : six take-home lessons

Details

• NCID: BA75302639
• ISBN:
  • 0781759544
• LCCN: 2005022885
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philidelphia ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 234 p
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QP310.W3
  • NLM : WE 103
  • DC22 : 612.7/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Walking
  • MESH : Locomotion -- physiology
  • MESH : Walking -- physiology
  • MESH : Biomechanics
  • MESH : Gait -- physiology