Effects of age, available response time and gender on ability to stop suddenly when walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Cao, Cheng ^a   A Ashton Miller, James ^a,b   Schultz, Albert B ^a,b   Alexander, Neil B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Available response time; Stopping distance; Sudden stop

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 0031769666     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(98)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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