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Minimum toe clearance events in divided attention treadmill walking in older and young adults: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Falls in older adults during walking frequently occur while performing a concurrent task; that is, dividing attention to respond to other demands in the environment. A particularly hazardous fall-related event is tripping due to toe-ground contact during the swing phase of the gait cycle...

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Autores principales: Santhiranayagam, Braveena K., Lai, Daniel T. H., Sparrow, W. A., Begg, Rezaul K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26162824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-015-0052-2