Differentiating fall-prone and healthy adults using local dynamic stability

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1860-1872

  Lockhart, Thurmon E ^a   Liu, Jian ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly falls; Fall accidents; Falls; Gait; Local dynamic stability; Locomotion; Risk assessment; Slips and falls

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ELDERLY FALLS; FALL ACCIDENTS; FALLS; GAIT; LOCAL DYNAMIC STABILITY; LOCOMOTION; SLIPS AND FALLS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57049180183     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802567079     Document Type: Article

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