Intersegmental coordination while walking up inclined surfaces: Age and ramp angle effects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Noble, Jeremy W ^a   Prentice, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human locomotion; Inter segmental coordination; Kinematics; Planar co variance; Ramps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 48349121152     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1464-z     Document Type: Article

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