Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 355-359 , March 2010

Effects of age and walking speed on coactivation and cost of walking in healthy adults

  • Daniel S. Peterson

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
    • Steadman Hawkins Research Laboratory, Vail, CO 81657, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Steadman Hawkins Research Laboratory, Biomechanics Laboratory, 181 West Meadow Drive, Suite 1000, Vail, CO 81657, United States. Tel.: +1 850 819 3694.
    • ,
  • Philip E. Martin

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
    • Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States

Received 25 March 2009 ,Revised 18 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00690-0

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.12.005

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Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 355-359 , March 2010

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