Steps to take to enhance gait stability: The effect of stride frequency, stride length, and walking speed on local dynamic stability and margins of stability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hak, Laura ^a   Houdijk, Han ^a,b   Beek, Peter J ^a   Van Dieë, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Heliomare Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STRIDE FREQUENCY; STRIDE LENGTH; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892653003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082842     Document Type: Article

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