Vertical ground reaction force shape is associated with gait parameters, timed up and go, and functional reach in elderly females

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-45

  Takahashi, Toshiaki ^a   Ishida, Kenji ^a   Hirose, Daisuke ^a   Nagano, Yasunori ^a   Okumiya, Kiyoto ^a   Nishinaga, Masanori ^a   Doi, Yoshinori ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly females; Gait analysis; Ground reaction force; Knee pain; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARAMETER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; WALKING;

EID: 1442306506     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970310018297     Document Type: Article

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