Can use of walkers or canes impede lateral compensatory stepping movements?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Bateni, Hamid ^a,b   Heung, Evelyn ^a   Zettel, John ^a,c   Mcllroy, William E ^a,d   Maki, Brian E ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Cane; Postural balance; Stepping reaction; Walker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WALKERS;

EID: 2942597976     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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