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© 1986 Oxford University Press

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THE EFFECT OF A VINYL FLOOR SURFACE AND A CARPETED FLOOR SURFACE UPON WALKING IN ELDERLY HOSPITAL IN-PATIENTS

MARTIN WILLMOTT, Principal Clinical Psychoiogist

Kidderminster General Hospital, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY11 6RJ

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.

accepted in revised form October 18, 1985.


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