Transitions to and from Asymmetrical Gait Patterns

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-27

  Getchell, Nancy ^a,c   Whitall, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Dept of Hlth and Exercise Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait transitions; Gallop; Intentional; Run; Spontaneous; Walk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASYMMETRICAL GAIT PATTERN; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; REVIEW; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DECELERATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 1242269200     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.36.1.13-27     Document Type: Review

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