Human walking /

Human walking / edited by Jessica Rose, James G. Gamble. - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. - xiii, 234 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

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.

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Walking.
Locomotion--physiology.
Walking--physiology.
Biomechanics.
Gait--physiology.
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