The influence of walking speed and gender on trunk sway for the healthy young and older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 647-650

  Goutier, Krissy M T ^a   Jansen, Sophie L ^a   Horlings, Corinne G C ^a   Küng, Ursula M ^a   Allum, John H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955962546     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq066     Document Type: Letter

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