Lateral step initiation behavior in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 799-803

  Sparto, Patrick J ^a   Jennings, J Richard ^b   Furman, Joseph M ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Biomechanics; Falls; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; BALANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLS; POSTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CUES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892788986     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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