Reliability of gait parameters during treadmill walking in community-dwelling healthy seniors

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 444-448

  Faude, Oliver ^a   Donath, Lars ^a   Roth, Ralf ^a   Fricker, Livia ^a   Zahner, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic balance; Elderly; Fall risk; Reproducibility; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREADMILL;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84864347011     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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