Comparison of Spatiotemporal and Energy Cost of the Use of 3 Different Walkers and Unassisted Walking in Older Adults

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 768-773

  Protas, Elizabeth J ^a   Raines, Mary Lynn ^b   Tissier, Sandrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Innovative Health Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Assistive devices; Gait; Rehabilitation; Walkers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; GAIT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WALKERS; WALKING;

EID: 34249013042     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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