Speeding up or slowing down?: Gait adaptations to preserve gait stability in response to balance perturbations

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-264

  Hak, Laura ^a   Houdijk, Han ^a,b   Steenbrink, Frans ^c   Mert, Agali ^d   Van der Wurff, Peter ^d   Beek, Peter J ^a   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Heliomare Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^c Motek Medical bv   (Netherlands)

^d Center for Augmented Motor Learning and Training   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance perturbations; Step frequency; Step length; Step width; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84862867528     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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