Towards the importance of minimum toe clearance in level ground walking in a healthy elderly population

Gait and Posture

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 727-729

  Hamacher, Dennis ^a   Hamacher, Daniel ^a   Schega, Lutz ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual task costs; Gait variability; Minimum toe clearance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; MINIMUM TOE CLEARANCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 84921943968     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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