Footfall placement variability and falls in multiple sclerosis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1740-1747

  Socie, Michael J ^a   Sandroff, Brian M ^a   Pula, John H ^a   Hsiao Wecksler, Elizabeth T ^a   Motl, Robert W ^a   Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier series; Gait impairment; Gait variability; Recurrent falls

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FOURIER SERIES ANALYSIS; GAIT IMPAIRMENT; GAIT VARIABILITY; HEALTHY CONTROLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENT FALLS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PARAMETERS;

BIOPHYSICS; MEASUREMENTS;

FOURIER SERIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOTFALL PLACEMENT VARIABILITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; WALKER; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84886789879     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0685-2     Document Type: Article

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