Human walking /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Rose, Jessica, Gamble, James Gibson
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2006]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Human locomotion
  • The evolution of human walking
  • Kinematics of normal human 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.