Knee and ankle range of motion during stepping down in elderly compared to young men

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 287-295

  Lark, Sally D ^a   Buckley, John G ^a   Jones, David A ^b   Sargeant, Anthony J ^a,c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Ankle joint; Knee joint; Range of motion; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FLATFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRETCHING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 1542375406     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0981-5     Document Type: Article

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