Gait variability measures may represent different constructs

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-101

  Moe Nilssen, Rolf ^a,b   Aaslund, Mona Kristin ^a   Hodt Billington, Caroline ^a   Helbostad, Jorunn L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Balance; Construct validity; Gait; Locomotion; Reliability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WALKING SPEED; ACCELERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 77953534540     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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