The invariant relationship between step length and step rate during free walking

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 241-257

  Sekiya, N ^a   Nagasaki, H ^b   Ito, H ^c   Furuna, T ^b  

^a Goto College of Medical Arts and Sciences   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

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