What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground?. A study in healthy young women

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Thies, Sibylle B ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^a,b   Richardson, James K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Gait; Irregular surface; Step variability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 34247239292     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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