Basic gait and symmetry measures for primary school-aged children and young adults whilst walking barefoot and with shoes

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-506

  Lythgo, Noel ^a   Wilson, Cameron ^b   Galea, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Footwear; Gait; Gait maturation; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SHOE; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 70349235326     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.119     Document Type: Article

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