Age-related slip avoidance strategy while walking over a known slippery floor surface

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-149

  Lockhart, Thurmon E ^a   Spaulding, Jeremy M ^a   Park, Sung Ha ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Hannam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Electromyography; Falls; Gait; Slips

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FRICTION; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STANDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 34247209078     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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