Marching to the beat of the same drummer: The spontaneous tempo of human locomotion

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1164-1173

  MacDougall, Hamish G ^a   Moore, Steven T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadence; Locomotor; Otoliths; Step frequency; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORNEA REFLEX; CYCLING; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SPINAL REFLEX; TREADMILL; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24044471818     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00138.2005     Document Type: Article

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