Recovery from forward loss of balance in young and older adults using the stepping strategy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-267

  Carty, Christopher P ^a   Mills, Peter ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biomechanics; Falls; Injury prevention; Margin of stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 79951556361     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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