Compensatory stepping: The biomechanics of a preferred response among older adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-376

  Jensen, Jody L ^a   Brown, Lesley A ^b   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034751029     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730109342354     Document Type: Article

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