Gait patterns and muscle activity in the lower extremities of elderly women during underwater treadmill walking against water flow

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-586

  Shono, Tomoki ^a   Masumoto, Kenji ^b   Fujishima, Kazutaka ^c   Hotta, Noboru ^b   Ogaki, Tetsuro ^b   Adachi, Takahiro ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Healthy Community Center

^d KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Gait pattern; Muscle activity in the lower extremities; Underwater treadmill walking against water flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 38349134010     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.579     Document Type: Article

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