Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 444-449 , April 2010

The effects of stride length and stride frequency on trunk coordination in human walking

  • Yunpeng Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
    • Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 35005, PR China
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  • Onno G. Meijer

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 598 8590; fax: +31 20 598 8529.
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  • Jianhua Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 35005, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 35005, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 591 8798201; fax: +86 591 833 18716.
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  • Sjoerd M. Bruijn

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Wenhua Wu

      Affiliations

    • Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
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  • Xiaocong Lin

      Affiliations

    • Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
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  • Hai Hu

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China
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  • Caihua Huang

      Affiliations

    • Physical Education Department, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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  • Lei Shi

      Affiliations

    • Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, PR China
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  • Jaap H. van Dieën

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 6 August 2009 ,Revised 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 24 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.019

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 444-449 , April 2010

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