Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2010

Evaluation of the age-related changes in movement smoothness in the lower extremity joints during lifting

  • Kiyoshi Sakata

      Affiliations

    • Consultation and Diagnostic Division, Saitama Prefectural Rehabilitation Center, 148-1 Nishi-Kaizuka, Ageo-shi, Saitama 362-8567, Japan
    • Department of Aging Control Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 48 781 2222; fax: +81 48 781 1552.
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  • Akira Kogure

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Treatment Division, Saitama Prefectural Rehabilitation Center, 148-1 Nishi-Kaizuka, Ageo-shi, Saitama 362-8567, Japan
    • ,
  • Masataka Hosoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Ryotokuji University, 5-8-1 Meikai, Urayasu-shi, Chiba 279-8567, Japan
    • ,
  • Koji Isozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Ryotokuji University, 5-8-1 Meikai, Urayasu-shi, Chiba 279-8567, Japan
    • ,
  • Tadashi Masuda

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biosystem Modeling, School of Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
    • ,
  • Sadao Morita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Aging Control Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan

Received 23 September 2008 ,Revised 10 August 2009 ,Accepted 31 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.239

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2010

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