How do the elderly negotiate a step? A biomechanical assessment

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-573

  Benedetti, M G ^a   Berti, L ^a   Maselli, S ^a   Mariani, G ^a   Giannini, S ^a  

^a Movement Analysis Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Elderly; Movement analysis; Risk of falls; Step negotiation

Indexed keywords

BONE; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HIP PROSTHESES; KINEMATICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; RISK OF FALLS; STEP NEGOTIATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 34247570556     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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