Maximum Step Length: Relationships to age and knee and hip extensor capacities

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-696

  Schulz, Brian W ^a,b,c,d   Ashton Miller, James A ^b,d   Alexander, Neil B ^c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Biomechanics Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c Mobility Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VA Ann Arbor Health Care System Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dynamometer; Falls; Moment; Power; Speed; Step length; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BONE; DYNAMOMETERS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MUSCLE; RISK ANALYSIS;

EXTENSORS; FALLS; FISHER'S EXACT TEST; STEP LENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM STEP LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 34249316800     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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