The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the time between measures on ground reaction force running variability; 15 healthy men (age1⁄4 23.8 3.7 years; weight1⁄4 72.8 7.7 kg; height 174.3 8.4 cm) performed two trials of running 45 minutes at 9 km/hr at intervals of seven days. The ground reaction forces were recorded every 5 minutes. The coefficients of variation of indicative param...

Genu varus is one of the malalignment of the lower limbs, the failure to correct it leads to secondary abnormalities in adulthood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a corrective exercise program on ground reaction forces, loading rates, impulses and free moment during stance phase of walking. 17 children with genu varus were volunteered to participate in this study (Ag...

Our epigraph indicates that contemporary Pacific Island peoples make metaphoric use of canoes, but this is an old phenomenon. Maori tribes were loosely confederated into groups they called "canoes" and named for the vessels on which their mythical ancestors were said to have migrated to New Zealand (Firth 1929:115-116; see also 90). Yapese spoke of marriageable women as "navigators of canoes" i...

In this paper, an efficient technique is presented for static analysis of tall buildings with combined tube-in-tube and outrigger-belt truss system while considering shear lag effects. In the process of replacing the discrete structure with an elastically equivalent continuous one, the structure is modeled as two parallel cantilevered flexural-shear beams that are constrained at the outrigger-b...