Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 23-26 , January 2010

Turning behavior in healthy older adults: Is there a preference for step versus spin turns?

  • Sakineh B. Akram

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 888 4567x32601; fax: +1 519 885 0470.
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  • James S. Frank

      Affiliations

    • University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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  • Shojaeddin Chenouri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Received 17 November 2008 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 28 August 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00589-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.238

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 23-26 , January 2010

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