Spectral characteristics of aging postural control

Gait and Posture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-121

  McClenaghan, Bruce A ^a   Williams, Harriet G ^a   Dickerson, John ^b   Dowda, Marsha ^a   Thombs, Lori ^a   Eleazer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anterior posterior postural forces; Falling; Medial lateral postural forces; Posture; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING;

EID: 0029878368     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0966-6362(95)01040-8     Document Type: Article

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