Simultaneous, Bilateral, and Three-Dimensional Gait Analysis of Elderly People Without Impairments

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-123

  Sadeghi, Heydar ^a,b   Prince, François ^a,c   Zabjek, Karl F ^a   Labelle, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance Control; Gait Analysis; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 1642569130     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000107484.41639.2C     Document Type: Article

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