The effect of walking speed on lower-extremity joint powers among elderly adults who exhibit low physical performance

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2177-2183

  Graf, Adam ^a   Judge, James O ^b   Õunpuu, Sylvia ^c   Thelen, Darryl G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Ankle; Biomechanics; Hip; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SENESCENCE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 27644509229     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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