Effects of changing protocol, grade, and direction on the preferred gait transition speed during human locomotion

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Hreljac, Alan ^a   Imamura, Rodney ^a   Escamilla, Rafael F ^a   Edwards, W Brent ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait transitions; Running; Treadmill; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RUNNING;

EID: 33846906018     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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