Age-related differences in lower-limb force-time relation during the push-off in rapid voluntary stepping

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 989-994

  Melzer, I ^a,d   Krasovsky, T ^b   Oddsson, L I E ^c,d   Liebermann, D G ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Falling risk; Force time relation; Muscle power; Step time

Indexed keywords

AGING; FALLING RISK; FORCE-TIME RELATION; MUSCLE POWER; STEP TIME;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

MUSCLE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CENTER OF PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TRAINING; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 78650228362     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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