Foot placement variability as a walking balance mechanism post-spinal cord injury

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Day, Kristin V ^a,b,c,d   Kautz, Steven A ^d,e,f   Wu, Samuel S ^c,d   Suter, Sarah P ^c,d   Behrman, Andrea L ^c,d  

^a Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Margin of stability; Spinal cord injury; Variability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANTEROPOSTERIOR; BALANCE; BALANCE MEASUREMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CENTER-OF-MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; DYNAMIC GAITS; FOOT PLACEMENTS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; MEDIOLATERAL; SPATIAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEP LENGTH; VARIABILITY; WALKING; WALKING BALANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; DOSIMETRY; GAIT ANALYSIS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT PLACEMENT VARIABILITY; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING BALANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 84856453315     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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