title: The effect of a vinyl floor surface and a carpeted floor surface upon walking in elderly hospital in-patients.
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.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D005430:Floors and Floorcoverings / Q000592:standards*; D005684:Gait; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D014753:Vinyl Compounds
chemical_list: D014753:Vinyl Compounds