Characteristic gait patterns in older adults with obesity-Results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1104-1110

  Ko, Seung Uk ^a   Stenholm, Sari ^a,b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a  

^a HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

BMI; Gait; Gait speed; Mechanical work expenditure; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BALTIMORE; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY; GAIT PATTERN; GAIT SPEED; JOINT PATHOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAXIMUM SPEED; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MECHANICAL WORK; NORMAL WALKING; OLDER ADULTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING TASKS;

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NUTRITION;

SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BALTIMORE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 77950688981     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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