Simple change in initial standing position enhances the initiation of gait

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2352-2358

  Dalton, Elan ^a   Bishop, Mark ^a   Tillman, Mark D ^a   Hass, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

gait; Movement disorders; rehabilitation; start hesitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355138881     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318222bc82     Document Type: Article

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