Breadth of base whilst walking: Effect of ageing and parkinsonism

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Charlett, Andre ^a,b   Weller, Clive ^b   Purkiss, Andrew G ^b   Dobbs, Sylvia M ^b   Dobbs, R John ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Foot separation; Parkinsonism; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031982722     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.1.49     Document Type: Article

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