摘要
Uphill walking places more challenges on the locomotor system than level walking does when the two limbs work together to ensure the stability and continuous progression of the body over the base of support. With age-related degeneration older people may have more difficulty in maintaining balance during uphill walking, and may thus experience an increased risk of falling. The current study aimed to investigate using gait analysis techniques to determine the effects of age and slope angles on the control of the COM relative to the COP in terms of their inclination angles (IA) and the rate of change of IA (RCIA) during uphill walking. The elderly were found to show IAs similar to those of the young, but with reduced self-selected walking speed and RCIAs (P
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 523-528 |
頁數 | 6 |
期刊 | Gait and Posture |
卷 | 42 |
發行號 | 4 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 十月 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
- Rehabilitation
- Biophysics