Dominance of gait cycle duration in casual walking

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-392

  Kito, Tomonori ^a   Yoneda, Tsugutake ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Casual walking; Cycle duration; Stability; Stride length; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33744936049     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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