Age effects on the inter-joint coordination during obstacle-crossing

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2501-2506

  Yen, Hsiao Ching ^a,b   Chen, Hao Ling ^a   Liu, Ming Wei ^a,c   Liu, Hwa Chang ^b   Lu, Tung Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Coordination; Gait; Obstacles; Phase plot; Relative phase; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; COORDINATION; GAIT; OBSTACLES; PHASE PLOT; RELATIVE PHASE; VARIABILITY;

CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); GRAPH THEORY; MOTION CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 70350366209     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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