Toe clearance and velocity profiles of young and elderly during walking on sloped surfaces

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Khandoker, Ahsan H ^a   Lynch, Kate ^b   Karmakar, Chandan K ^a   Begg, Rezaul K ^b   Palaniswami, Marimuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TOE; WALKING;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TOES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951546398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-7-18     Document Type: Article

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