Dynamic stability control during perturbed walking can be assessed by a reduced kinematic model across the adult female lifespan

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1404-1414

  Süptitz, Florian ^a   Catalá, María Moreno ^b   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a   Karamanidis, Kiros ^a,c  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Falling risk; Gait; Margin of stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASE OF SUPPORT; BODY MOVEMENT; DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LIFESPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; SENESCENCE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

2860; AGING; FALLING RISK; GAIT; MARGIN OF STABILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888837345     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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