Voluntary changes in step width and step length during human walking affect dynamic margins of stability

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-224

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

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Margin of stability; Step length; Step width; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862876804     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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