Toward ambulatory balance assessment: Estimating variability and stability from short bouts of gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 695-699

  Van Schooten, Kimberley S ^a   Rispens, Sietse M ^a   Elders, Petra J M ^b   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a,c   Pijnappels, Mirjam ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Fall risk; Gait variability; Local dynamic stability; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AMBULATORY BALANCE ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; GAIT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TIME; TRUNK; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84892780304     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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