The Reliability of Spatiotemporal Gait Data for Young and Older Women During Continuous Overground Walking

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2360-2365

  Paterson, Kade L ^a,b   Hill, Keith D ^b,d   Lythgo, Noel D ^c   Maschette, Wayne ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Gait; Locomotion; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 56849093720     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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