Human walking / edited by Jessica Rose, James G. Gamble. - Third edition. - 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.




Walking.


Electronic books.

QP310.W3 / H85 2006eb

612.7/6