Stride variability in human gait: The effect of stride frequency and stride length

Gait and Posture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Danion, F ^a   Varraine, E ^a   Bonnard, M ^a   Pailhous, J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Gait; Human; Stride frequency; Stride length; Variability; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0037632521     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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