Stepping responses made by elderly and young female adults to approach and accommodate known surface height changes

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-89

  Lythgo, Noel ^a   Begg, Rezaul ^b   Best, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gait; Stepping responses; Surface height change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 34247193545     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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