Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 41, Issue 9 , Pages 1823-1831 , 2008

Predicted threshold against backward balance loss following a slip in gait

  • Feng Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • ,
  • Frank C. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    • ,
  • Yi-Chung Pai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 West Taylor Street, room 426 (M/C 898), Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Tel.: +13129961507; fax: +13129964583.

,Accepted 9 April 2008.

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PII: S0021-9290(08)00192-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.04.005

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 41, Issue 9 , Pages 1823-1831 , 2008

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