Toe clearance variability during walking in young and elderly men

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Mills, Peter M ^a,b   Barrett, Rod S ^b   Morrison, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gait; Joint angles; Kinematics; Minimum toe clearance

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT ANGLE VARIABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MINIMUM TOE CLEARANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWING LEG JOINT ANGLE; TOE; TOE GROUND CONTACT ANGLE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 44149099088     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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