Toe clearance variability during walking in young and elderly men
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Toe clearance variability during walking in young and elderly men.
Falls during walking are a major cause of injury and death in the elderly. From a falls perspective, a critical gait event is minimum toe clearance (MTC), as failure to achieve foot-ground clearance results in a trip and potentially a fall. MTC exhibits stride-to-stride variability, which must be minimised to avoid the occurrence of toe-ground contact events. Gait kinematics were acquired from ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017