Is gait variability reliable? An assessment of spatio-temporal parameters of gait variability during continuous overground walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 615-617

  Konig N ^a   Singh, N B ^a   von Beckerath, J ^b   Janke, L ^b   Taylor, W R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous walking; Minimum number steps; Spatio temporal gait variability; Test retest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WALKING;

CONTINUOUS WALKING; MINIMUM NUMBER STEPS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL GAIT VARIABILITY; TEST-RETEST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84888306558     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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