Local dynamic stability and variability of gait are associated with fall history in elderly subjects

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-531

  Toebes, Marcel J P ^a   Hoozemans, Marco J M ^a   Furrer, Regula ^a   Dekker, Joost ^b   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait; Local dynamic stability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TREADMILL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84864331912     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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