Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 211-214 , June 2010

Effect of walking velocity on segment coordination during pre-planned turns in healthy older adults

  • Sakineh B. Akram

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    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 888 4567x37796; fax: +1 519 885 0470.
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  • James S. Frank

      Affiliations

    • University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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  • Julia Fraser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

Received 13 October 2009 ,Revised 15 April 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00123-2

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.017

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 211-214 , June 2010

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