Age-related changes in the initiation of gait: Degradation of central mechanisms for momentum generation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1582-1589

  Polcyn, Amy F ^a,b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,c,e   Kerrigan, D Casey ^d,e   Collins, James J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0031698062     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90425-7     Document Type: Article

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