Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 495-501 , April 2010

Age-related changes in mechanical and metabolic energy during typical gait

  • P. Van de Walle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care, Artesis University College of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Clinical Motion Analysis Laboratory, CERM, University Hospital Pellenberg, Belgium
    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Clinical Motion Analysis Laboratory, University Hospital Pellenberg, Weligerveld 1, 3212 Pellenberg, Belgium. Tel.: +32 16 33 80 13; fax: +32 16 33 80 12.
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  • K. Desloovere

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Motion Analysis Laboratory, CERM, University Hospital Pellenberg, Belgium
    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • S. Truijen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care, Artesis University College of Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • R. Gosselink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • P. Aerts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
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  • A. Hallemans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care, Artesis University College of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Received 10 July 2009 ,Revised 2 December 2009 ,Accepted 5 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.008

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 495-501 , April 2010

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