Triaxial accelerometry to evaluate walking efficiency in older subjects

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1766-1772

  Iwashita, Soh ^a   Takeno, Yoshiaki ^a   Okazaki, Kazunobu ^a   Itoh, Jun Ichi ^a   Kamijo, Yoshi Ichiro ^a   Masuki, Shizue ^a   Yanagidaira, Yasunori ^a   Nose, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endurance training; Maximal walking velocity; Oxygen consumption rate; Resistance training; Thigh muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRAINING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 0141531026     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000089350.54959.CB     Document Type: Article

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