Age effects on strategies used to avoid obstacles

Gait and Posture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 139-146

  Chen, Hsieh Ching ^a   Ashton Miller, JA ^a   Alexander, NB ^a,b   Schultz, AB ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; falls; Gait; obstacle avoidance strategies; trips

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000163599     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0966-6362(94)90001-9     Document Type: Article

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