A test of the functional asymmetry hypothesis in walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-28

  Seeley, Matthew K ^a   Umberger, Brian R ^b   Shapiro, Robert ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Able bodied gait; Bilateral asymmetry; Impulse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 44349176062     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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