The change of gait parameters during walking at different percentage of preferred walking speed for healthy adults aged 20-60 years

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-135

  Chung, Meng Jung ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait speed; Ground reaction force; Perceived exertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 73149123561     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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