Early stage of walking: Development of control in mediolateral and anteroposterior directions

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-237

  Kubo, Masayoshi ^a   Ulrich, Beverly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic strategies; Mediolateral control; Stability constraints; Walking onset

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENERGY; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRIDE FREQUENCY; STRIDE LENGTH; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646905058     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.38.3.229-237     Document Type: Article

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