Energetic optimization during over-ground walking in people with and without Down syndrome

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 630-634

  Agiovlasitis, Stamatis ^a   Motl, Robert W ^b   Ranadive, Sushant M ^b   Fahs, Christopher A ^c   Yan, Huimin ^b   Echols, George H ^b   Rossow, Lindy ^c   Fernhall, Bo ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Economy; Gait; Impairment; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955158663     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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