Strength asymmetry increases gait asymmetry and variability in older women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2172-2181

  Laroche, Dain P ^a   Cook, Summer B ^a   MacKala, Krzysztof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

aging; elderly; mobility limitation; quadriceps muscle; walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 84868303840     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31825e1d31     Document Type: Article

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