Gait characteristics of elderly people with a history of falls: A dynamic approach

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1501-1510

  Barak, Yaron ^a   Wagenaar, Robert C ^b   Holt, Kenneth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Flexibility; Kinematics; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33750542482     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20050387     Document Type: Article

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