Time-varying behaviour, test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of lateral trunk lean and toe-out angles during prolonged treadmill walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-85

  Bechard, Daniel J ^a   Birmingham, Trevor B ^a   Zecevic, Aleksandra A ^a   Jenkyn, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory gait biomechanics; Human locomotion; Measurement properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORAX; TOES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79957438362     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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