Gait in the elderly

Gait and Posture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-135

  Prince, François ^a   Corriveau, Hélène ^a   Hébert, Réjean ^a   Winter, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WALKING;

EID: 0030934736     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(97)01118-1     Document Type: Review

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