Characteristics of gait in stepping over obstacles

Human Movement Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 605-622

  Sparrow, W A ^a   Shinkfield, Alison J ^a   Chow, S ^a   Begg, R K ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait; Motor control; Obstacle negotiation; Stepping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030210648     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9457(96)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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