Optimal walking in terms of variability in step length

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Sekiya, Noboru ^a   Nagasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Ito, Hajime ^c   Furuna, Taketo ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait; Step length; Step width; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STUDENT; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 0031437651     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1997.26.5.266     Document Type: Article

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