Impact of excess body weight on walking at the preferred speed

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 528-540

  Błaszczyk, Janusz W ^a,c   Plewa, Michał ^a   Cieślińska Świder, Joanna ^a   Bacik, Bogdan ^a   Zahorska Markiewicz, Barbara ^b   Markiewicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

BMI; Body weight; Obesity; Preferred gait; Stride characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855795027     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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