Variability of step kinematics in young and older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-29

  Owings, Tammy M ^a   Grabiner, Mark D ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Locomotion; Older adults; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 2942622375     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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