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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828370003321

Titolo

Human walking / / edited by Jessica Rose, James G. Gamble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-4698-7998-0

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RoseJessica

GambleJames Gibson

Disciplina

612.7/6

Soggetti

Walking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.