The effects of improved strength on obstacle negotiation in community-living older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-283

  Lamoureux, Ecosse ^a,d   Sparrow, William A ^a   Murphy, Aron ^b   Newton, Robert U ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Unit 1/7   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Obstructed gait tasks; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING;

EID: 0038287739     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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