Voluntarily changing step length or step width affects dynamic stability of human walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-477

  McAndrew Young, Patricia M ^a,c   Dingwell, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Step length; Step width; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STEP LENGTH; STEP WIDTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857995182     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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