The relationship between fear of falling to spatiotemporal gait parameters measured by an instrumented treadmill in people with multiple sclerosis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 739-744

  Kalron, Alon ^a   Achiron, Anat ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance; Fear of falling; Gait; Instrumented treadmill; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTER OF PRESSURE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL GAIT PARAMETER; TREADMILL;

BALANCE; FEAR OF FALLING; GAIT; INSTRUMENTED TREADMILL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892791550     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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