Slowness, variability, and modulations of gait in healthy elderly

Advances in Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue C, 1996, Pages 53-88

  Ferrandez, Anne Marie ^a   Durup, Madeleine ^a   Farioli, Fernand ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; intra individual variability; locomotion; slowness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956767388     PISSN: 01664115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(96)80006-9     Document Type: Chapter

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