The step length - Frequency relationship in physically active community-dwelling older women

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-434

  Zijlstra, Agnes ^a   de Bruin, Eling D ^b   Bruins, Nienke ^a   Zijlstra, Wiebren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gait; Linear regression; Older women; Step frequency; Step length

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 51749123752     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0795-6     Document Type: Article

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