Limits of recovery against slip-induced falls while walking

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2607-2613

  Yang, Feng ^a   Bhatt, Tanvi ^a   Pai, Yi Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Gait fall risk; Limb support quotient; Stability; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS; FALL PREVENTION; FALL RISK; HIGH STABILITY; LIMB SUPPORT QUOTIENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; THRESHOLD; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; RECOVERY; SLOPE STABILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 80053563248     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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