Effect of walking velocity on segment coordination during pre-planned turns in healthy older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Akram, Sakineh B ^a   Frank, James S ^b   Fraser, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Older adults; Segment reorientation; Turning; Walking velocity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENT REORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TURNING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING;

EID: 77954658687     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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