Initiation of movement from quiet stance: Comparison of gait and stepping in elderly subjects of different levels of functional ability

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Brunt, Denis ^a   Santos, Valeria ^b   Kim, Hyeong Dong ^b   Light, Kathye ^b,c   Levy, Charles ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Gait initiation; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; TOE; VELOCITY; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 21744437965     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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