Re-interpreting detrended fluctuation analyses of stride-to-stride variability in human walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-353

  Dingwell, Jonathan B ^a   Cusumano, Joseph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Detrended Fluctuation Analysis; Stride parameters; Variability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956738369     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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