Independent influence of gait speed and step length on stability and fall risk

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-382

  Espy, D D ^a   Yang, F ^a   Bhatt, T ^a   Pai, Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiovisual cuing; Decoupling; Foot landing orientation; Gait parameters; Spontaneous gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956749493     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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