A common perceptual parameter for stair climbing for children, young and old adults

Human Movement Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-124

  Cesari, P ^a   Formenti, F ^a   Olivato, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Dimensional analysis; Elderly; Scaling; Stair climbing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CLIMBING; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LEG LENGTH; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037318506     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(03)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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