Aging and partial body weight support affects gait variability

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kyvelidou, Anastasia ^a   Kurz, Max J ^a,b   Ehlers, Julie L ^a   Stergiou, Nicholas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; WALKING; HIP; KNEE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53649104142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-5-22     Document Type: Article

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