Why We Walk the Way We Do

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-298

  Brenière, Yvon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Gait adaptability; Gait parameters gravity; Invariant; Motor program; Natural body frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; WALKING;

EID: 0029857076     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1996.10544598     Document Type: Article

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