Human walking
By: [edited by] Jessica Rose, James G. Gamble.
Contributors: Rose, Jessica.; Gamble, James Gibson.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philidelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780781759540
Subjects: Walking; Locomotion -- physiology; Walking -- physiology; Biomechanics; Gait -- physiology
Description: This edition's updated chapters have a greater focus on analysis of treatment outcomes. Five new chapters cover evolution of human walking; adaptation in pregnancy, aging, and alcoholism; walking for health; simulation of gait; and ten important take-home lessons about walking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human locomotion; title: The evolution of human walking; title: Kinematics of normal walking; title: Kinetics of walking; title: Energetics of walking; title: Muscle; title: Development of gait; title: Gait adaptations in adulthood: pregnancy, aging, and alcoholism; title: Walking for health; title: Gait analysis: clinical application; title: Prosthetics; title: Simulation of gait; title: The next step: restoring walking after paralysis; title: Ten important take home lessons about walking.