The effect of three different types of walking aids on spatiotemporal gait parameters in community-dwelling older adults

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-228

  Härdi, Irene ^a   Bridenbaugh, Stephanie A ^a   Gschwind, Yves J ^b   Kressig, Reto W ^a  

^a Felix Platter Spital   (Switzerland)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community living; Gait; Mobility aids; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUTCH; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT PARAMETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIDE LENGTH; VELOCITY; WALKER; WALKING; WALKING AID; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRUTCHES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKERS; WALKING;

EID: 84899482509     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0204-4     Document Type: Article

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