Muscle function during gait is invariant to age when walking speed is controlled

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-259

  Lim, Yoong Ping ^a   Lin, Yi Chung ^a   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly gait; Falls; Musculoskeletal modeling; Pelvic tilt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FORCE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; VASTI MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

BALANCE; ELDERLY GAIT; FALLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELING; PELVIC TILT;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880037577     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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