Measures of dynamic stability: Detecting differences between walking overground and on a compliant surface

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 977-986

  Chang, Matthew David ^a,b   Sejdić, Ervin ^a,b   Wright, Virginia ^a,c   Chau, Tom ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuation analysis; Gait; Gait variability; Lyapunov exponent; Stride interval dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STRIDE INTERVAL DYNAMICS; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYURETHANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 78049275743     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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