Aging and partial body weight support affects gait variability

BACKGROUND: Aging leads to increases in gait variability which may explain the large incidence of falls in the elderly. Body weight support training may be utilized to improve gait in the elderly and minimize falls. However, before initiating rehabilitation protocols, baseline studies are needed to...

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Autores principales: Kyvelidou, Anastasia, Kurz, Max J, Ehlers, Julie L, Stergiou, Nicholas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18803851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-5-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18803851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-5-22

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