Key joint kinematic characteristics of the gait of fallers identified by principal component analysis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2424-2429

  Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hobara, Hiroaki ^a   Matsushita, Shiho ^a   Mochimaru, Masaaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fallers and non fallers; Falling; Gait; Joint kinematics; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; KINEMATICS;

FALLERS AND NON-FALLERS; FALLING; GAIT; INPUT MATRICES; JOINT KINEMATICS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ABDUCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSIFLEXION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STRIDE LENGTH; SWING TIME; WALKING SPEED;

FALLERS AND NON-FALLERS; FALLING; GAIT; JOINT KINEMATICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 84902170857     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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