Relationship between age-associated changes of gait and falls and life-space in elderly people

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a   Kim, Hunkyung ^b   Yoshida, Hideyo ^b   Suzukawa, Megumi ^c   Makizako, Hyuma ^a   Yoshida, Yuko ^b   Saito, Kyoko ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Institute for Longevity Sciences

Author keywords

Cadence; Step width; Stride length

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951561536     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.22.419     Document Type: Article

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