Kinematics of stair descent in young and older adults and the impact of exercise training

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Mian, Omar S ^a   Thom, Jeanette M ^a,b   Narici, Marco V ^a   Baltzopoulos, Vasilios ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Gait; Intervention; Staircase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 33750983033     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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