The variable component of lateral body sway during walking in young and older humans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1463-1468

  Woledge, Roger C ^a,b   Birtles, Deirdre B ^b   Newham, Di J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 29144458917     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.11.1463     Document Type: Article

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