Effects of walking speed on asymmetry and bilateral coordination of gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 864-869

  Plotnik, Meir ^a,b,c   Bartsch, Ronny P ^d   Zeev, Aviva ^e   Giladi, Nir ^a,b   Hausdorff, Jeffery M ^a,b,f  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral coordination of gait; Central pattern generator; Gait asymmetry; Gait speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

BILATERAL COORDINATION OF GAIT; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; GAIT ASYMMETRY; GAIT SPEED;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884987223     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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