Aging modifies joint power and work when gait speeds are matched

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-489

  Cofré, Luis Eduardo ^a   Lythgo, Noel ^a,b   Morgan, David ^a   Galea, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait; Joint power; Joint work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FLEXOR REFLEX; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952005351     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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