Adaptational responses in dynamic stability during disturbed walking in the elderly

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2362-2368

  Bierbaum, Stefanie ^a   Peper, Andreas ^a   Karamanidis, Kiros ^b   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Centre of Sport Science and Sport Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falling risk; Feedback control; Feedforward control; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR DIRECTIONS; BASELINE VALUES; BIOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS; CENTER OF MASS; DYNAMIC STABILITY; EIGENFREQUENCY; FALLING RISK; FEED-BACK CORRECTION; GAIT PROTOCOLS; HARD SURFACE; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; INVERTED PENDULUM; SOFT SURFACE; VERTICAL PROJECTION;

EXTRAPOLATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GAIT ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

FEEDFORWARD CONTROL;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FALL RISK; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955558720     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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