Gait initiation in older adults with postural instability

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-753

  Hass, Chris J ^a   Waddell, Dwight E ^b   Wolf, Steven L ^c   Juncos, Jorge L ^c   Gregor, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiating gait; Locomotion; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonism; Posture; Transitioning to frailty

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

INITIATING GAIT; PARKINSONS DISEASE; TRANSITIONING TO FRAILTY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GRAVITY CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 44449115525     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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