Assessment of walking disorder in community-dwelling Japanese middle-aged and elderly women using an inertial sensor

Background Decreased walking speed has been revealed to be related to many negative events. Several researchers support the importance of triceps surae function as a cause of decreased walking speed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between walking speed and plantar flex...

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Main Authors: Toshinori Miyashita, Shintarou Kudo, Yoshihiro Maekawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11269.pdf