Effects of walking environments on the objective and subjective gait measures during dynamic task performance

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-238

  Lu, Ming Lun ^a   Bhattacharya, Amit ^a   Succop, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait measure; Perceived sense of postural sway and instability; Posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549083587     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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