Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 431-435 , November 2009

Effect of treadmill walking on the stride interval dynamics of human gait

  • Matthew D. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON, Canada M4G 1R8
    • Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Sameer Shaikh

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON, Canada M4G 1R8
    • Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Tom Chau

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON, Canada M4G 1R8
    • Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Bloorview Kids Rehab, Bloorview Research Institute, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON,Canada M4G 1R8. Tel.: +1 416 425 6220x3515.

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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☆ Source: Bloorview Children’s Hospital Foundation, University of Toronto Fellowship, Canada Research Chairs Program.

PII: S0966-6362(09)00192-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.06.017

Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 431-435 , November 2009

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