The effect of walking speed on quality of gait in older adults

•Measured 3D trunk accelerations while older adults walked at four treadmill speeds.•Estimated gait quality characteristics to elucidate the effect of speed.•All gait characteristics were affected by speed, except AP sample entropy.•Higher speed led to qualitatively better gait for most characterist...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gait & posture 2018-09, Vol.65, p.112-116
Hauptverfasser:	Huijben, B., van Schooten, K.S., van Dieën, J.H., Pijnappels, M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accelerometry Balance Elderly Gait Walking speed
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