Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 218-222 , February 2010

Sagittal plane bending moments acting on the lower leg during running

  • Affendi Haris Phuah

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Anthony G. Schache

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Kay M. Crossley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • National ICT Australia, Victorian Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Tim V. Wrigley

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Mark W. Creaby

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 03 8344 4171; fax: +61 03 8344 4188.

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.009

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 218-222 , February 2010

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