Effects of flooring on required coefficient of friction: Elderly adult vs. middle-aged adult barefoot gait

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-152

  Rozin Kleiner, Ana Francisca ^a,b,c   Galli, Manuela ^c,d   Araujo do Carmo, Aline ^a,e   Barros, Ricardo M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barefoot; Elderly; Gait

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BUILDING MATERIALS; FLOORS; TRIBOLOGY;

BAREFOOT; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; ELDERLY; GAIT; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GROUND REACTION FORCES; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; REPEATED MEASURES;

FRICTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAREFOOT GAIT; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FLOORING; FORCE; FRICTION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING SPEED; AGE; AGED; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOT; FRICTION; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84928883990     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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