Gait symmetry and velocity differ in their relationship to age

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 590-594

  Patterson, Kara K ^a   Nadkarni, Neelesh K ^b   Black, Sandra E ^c   McIlroy, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Gait; Symmetry; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT SYMMETRY; GAIT VELOCITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859219100     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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