Gait in the water: A comparison between young and elderly subjects

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 727-730

  Giaquinto, Salvatore ^a   Ciotola, Elena ^a   Margutti, Ferdinando ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait; Hydrokinesitherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AQUATIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROTHERAPY; KINEMATICS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STUDENT T TEST; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; SWIMMING POOLS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34247639991     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600926314     Document Type: Article

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