Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 461-464 , April 2010

Variation in trunk kinematics influences variation in step width during treadmill walking by older and younger adults

  • Christopher P. Hurt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition (MC 994), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 W. Taylor Street, Room 654, Chicago, IL 60612, United States. Tel.: +1 312 996 9432; fax: +1 312 413 0319.
    • ,
  • Noah Rosenblatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
    • ,
  • Jeremy R. Crenshaw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
    • ,
  • Mark D. Grabiner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Received 15 December 2008 ,Revised 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00039-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 461-464 , April 2010

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