The role of strategy selection, limb force capacity and limb positioning in successful trip recovery

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 873-878

  Roos, Paulien E ^a   McGuigan, M Polly ^b   Trewartha, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Fall prevention; Lower limb; Walking

Indexed keywords

BALANCE; ELDERLY; FALL PREVENTION; LOWER LIMB; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

RECOVERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 77957343167     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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