Footlift asymmetry during obstacle avoidance in high-risk elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2088-2093

  Di Fabio, Richard P ^a   Kurszewski, Wesley M ^a   Jorgenson, Erin E ^a   Kunz, Rachel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Kinematics; Obstacle avoidance; Tripping

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; FALLING; GAIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; PREVALENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16644367660     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52569.x     Document Type: Article

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