Older adults have unstable gait kinematics during weight transfer

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1559-1565

  Ihlen, Espen A F ^a   Sletvold, Olav ^a,b   Goihl, Tobias ^a,c   Wik, Per B ^a   Vereijken, Beatrix ^a   Helbostad, Jorunn ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TOV   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamical stability; Gait; Lyapunov exponent; Older persons

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR DIRECTIONS; DOUBLE SUPPORT PHASE; DYNAMICAL STABILITY; GAIT; GAIT KINEMATICS; GAIT SPEED; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; OLDER ADULTS; OLDER PERSONS; STEP LENGTH; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT TRANSFER;

LYAPUNOV METHODS; STABILITY;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT KINEMATICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LOADING TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTEADINESS; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861190002     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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