Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 176-180 , June 2010

The effect of evenly distributed load carrying on lower body gait dynamics for normal weight and overweight subjects

  • Benjamin Smith

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 140 Durham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Tel.: +1 864 356 1752; fax: +1 540 231 8836.
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  • Michael Roan
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  • Minhyung Lee

Received 18 February 2008 ,Revised 2 April 2010 ,Accepted 14 April 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00113-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.007

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 176-180 , June 2010

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