Separating the effects of age and walking speed on gait variability

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-577

  Kang, Hyun Gu ^a   Dingwell, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gait; Joint angles; Locomotion; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 41549146643     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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