Characterizing the determinants of limb preference for compensatory stepping in healthy young adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-204

  Lakhani, Bimal ^a,b   Mansfield, Avril ^b,c,d   Inness, Elizabeth L ^a,b   McIlroy, William E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Posture; Reactive control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951550262     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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