Sex-specific differences in gait patterns of healthy older adults: Results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1974-1979

  Ko, Seung uk ^a   Tolea, Magdalena I ^b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^c,d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b NIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Kinematics; Kinetics; Mechanical work expenditure; Sex difference in gait

Indexed keywords

BALTIMORE; COVARIATES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GAIT ABNORMALITIES; GAIT PATTERN; GAIT SPEED; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MECHANICAL WORK; OLDER ADULTS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; STRIDE LENGTH; WALKING TASKS;

WALKING AIDS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BALTIMORE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79959495574     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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