Gait adaptations in response to perturbations in adults with Down syndrome

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-154

  Smith, Beth A ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^b   Ulrich, Beverly D ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Down syndrome; Gait; Perturbations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; GAIT; HUMAN; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PERCENT STANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEP WIDTH; STRIDE FREQUENCY; STRIDE LENGTH; STRIDE VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 77954660922     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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