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. 1986 Mar;15(2):119-20.
doi: 10.1093/ageing/15.2.119.

The effect of a vinyl floor surface and a carpeted floor surface upon walking in elderly hospital in-patients

M Willmott

The effect of a vinyl floor surface and a carpeted floor surface upon walking in elderly hospital in-patients

M Willmott. Age Ageing. 1986 Mar.

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.

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