Physically active older adults display alterations in gait initiation

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Henriksson, Marketta ^a   Hirschfeld, Helga ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankle muscle activation; Anticipation; Elderly; Forces; Gait initiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FITNESS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 21744442285     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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