Nonlinear dynamics indicates aging affects variability during gait

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-443

  Buzzi, Ugo H ^a   Stergiou, Nicholas ^a   Kurz, Max J ^a   Hageman, Patricia A ^b   Heidel, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Elderly; Locomotion; Nonlinear dynamics; Variability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WALKING AIDS;

GAIT CYCLE;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0038246462     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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