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April 8th, 2015

Effects of step length, age, and fall history on hip and knee kinetics and knee co-contraction during the maximum step length test

Equipment:  3 AMTI Force Plates

Brian W. Schulz, Manutchanok Jongprasithporn, Stephanie J. Hart-Hughes, Tatjana Bulat, Effects of step length, age, and fall history on hip and knee kinetics and knee co-contraction during the maximum step length test, Clinical Biomechanics, Volume 28, Issue 8, October 2013, Pages 933-940

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2013.08.002

Keywords: Biomechanics; Stepping; Kinetics; Strength; Co-contraction; Coactivation; Older adults; Fallers