Attractor divergence as a metric for assessing walking balance

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-164

  Kurz, Max J ^a   Markopoulou, Katerina ^b   Stergiou, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait; Lyapunov exponent; Parkinson's disease; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953084310     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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