Variability of gait patterns during unconstrained walking assessed by satellite positioning (GPS)

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 554-561

  Terrier, Philippe ^a   Schutz, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gait; Human locomotion; Step frequency; Step length; Walk ratio

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACECRAFT; WALKING;

EID: 0345099512     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0906-3     Document Type: Article

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