Obstacle negotiation kinematics: Age-dependent effects of postural threat

Gait and Posture

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-234

  McKenzie, Nicole C ^a   Brown, Lesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Fear of falling; Gait; Locomotion; Obstacle negotiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KINEMATICS; LIMB; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 2342451950     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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