Abstract:
:Fifty-eight elderly hospital patients walked along a 10-m length of carpeted corridor and a 10-m length of vinyl-tiled corridor. Gait speed and step length were significantly greater on the carpeted than on the vinyl surface.
journal_name
Age Ageingjournal_title
Age and ageingauthors
Willmott Mdoi
10.1093/ageing/15.2.119subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1986-03-01 00:00:00pages
119-20issue
2eissn
0002-0729issn
1468-2834journal_volume
15pub_type
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