Measuring step kinematic variability on an instrumented treadmill: How many steps are enough?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1215-1218

  Owings, Tammy M ^a   Grabiner, Mark D ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Locomotion; Step length; Step time; Step width

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; KINEMATICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INSTRUMENTED TREADMILLS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0038386257     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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