Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 131-135 , January 2010

The change of gait parameters during walking at different percentage of preferred walking speed for healthy adults aged 20–60 years

Received 21 January 2009 ,Revised 31 August 2009 ,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00627-4

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.013

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 131-135 , January 2010

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