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+<h1>Gait Maturation Database</h1>
+
+<p><strong>Creators:</strong> Jeffrey Hausdorff, Chung-Kang Peng</p>
+
+<p><strong>Published:</strong> Oct. 28, 1999<br>
+<strong>Version:</strong> 1.0.0</p>
+
+<h2>Citation</h2>
+<p>
+When using this resource, please cite the original publication:<br>
+Hausdorff, J. M., Zemany, L., Peng, C.-K., & Goldberger, A. L. (1999). Maturation of Gait Dynamics: Stride-to-Stride Variability and Its Temporal Organization in Children. <em>Journal of Applied Physiology</em>, 86, 1040–1047.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Please also include the standard citation for PhysioNet:<br>
+Goldberger, A., Amaral, L., Glass, L., Hausdorff, J., Ivanov, P. C., Mark, R., ... & Stanley, H. E. (2000). PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet: Components of a new research resource for complex physiologic signals. <em>Circulation</em> [Online], 101(23), e215–e220.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Data Description</h2>
+<p>
+The dataset includes gait data from 50 healthy children, aged between 40 and 163 months. Each data file is named using a subject identifier and the subject's age in months (e.g., <code>2-45.txt</code> corresponds to subject #2, who is 45 months old).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Each file contains two columns:
+<ul>
+  <li>Time (in seconds)</li>
+  <li>Stride interval (in seconds), i.e., the gait cycle duration measured from heel strike to heel strike of the same foot</li>
+</ul>
+</p>
+
+<p>A summary of pertinent subject data is available in the <code>table.csv</code> file.</p>
+
+<p>For further details, refer to the original paper listed above.</p>