Kinematics of the threshold of balance recovery are not affected by instructions limiting the number of steps in younger adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 628-633

  Cyr, Marc André ^a,b   Smeesters, Cécile ^a,b  

^a Research Centre on Aging   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Postural perturbations; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; WALKING AID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249127323     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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