A method to standardize gait and balance variables for gait velocity

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-230

  van Iersel, Marianne B ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Borm, George F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Methodology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GAIT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VELOCITY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GAIT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249942348     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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