Number of strides required for reliable measurements of pace, rhythm and variability parameters of gait during normal and dual task walking in older individuals

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-28

  Hollman, John H ^a   Childs, Katherine B ^a   McNeil, Megan L ^a   Mueller, Amy C ^a   Quilter, Christopher M ^a   Youdas, James W ^a  

^a Mayo School of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task; Elderly; Gait; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VELOCITY; WALKING; ACCELERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 77953537726     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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