Acceleration patterns of the head and pelvis when walking on level and irregular surfaces

Gait and Posture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Menz, Hylton B ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Balance; Gait; Irregular surfaces

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NECK;

EID: 0012572271     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00159-5     Document Type: Article

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