Words matter: instructions dictate “self-selected” walking speed in young adults

Meaningful Gait Speed Improvement During the First 60 Days Poststroke: Minimal Clinically Important Difference

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Medicine, Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine +17

The human ankle during walking: implications for design of biomimetic ankle prostheses

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Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery +14

How Does Explicit Prioritization Alter Walking During Dual-Task Performance? Effects of Age and Sex on Gait Speed and Variability

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Social Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +16

Walking speed, cadence and step length are selected to optimize the stability of head and pelvis accelerations

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Propulsive adaptation to changing gait speed

Patrick O. Riley, Ugo Della Croce, D. Casey Kerrigan · Journal of Biomechanics · 2001 · 116 citations

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