Understanding ageing effects using complexity analysis of foot-ground clearance during walking

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 554-564

  Karmakar, Chandan ^a   Khandoker, Ahsan ^a,b   Begg, Rezaul ^c   Palaniswami, Marimuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gait; gait variability; minimum toe clearance; sample entropy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; GAIT; GAIT VARIABILITY; LOCOMOTOR DISORDERS; MINIMUM TOE CLEARANCES; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; SAMPLE ENTROPY; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ENTROPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MINIMUM TOE CLEARANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; WALKING;

EID: 84878154558     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.628943     Document Type: Article

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