Energy cost of walking and gait instability in healthy 65- and 80-yr-olds

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2248-2256

  Malatesta, Davide ^a   Simar, David ^b   Dauvilliers, Yves ^a,c   Candau, Robin ^b   Borrani, Fabio ^b   Préfaut, Christian ^a   Caillaud, Corinne ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic instability; Economy; Human locomotion; Knee extensor muscles strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0345708355     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01106.2002     Document Type: Article

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