Changes in sensory organization test scores with age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Cohen, Helen ^b   Heaton, Lori G ^b   Congdon, Sharon L ^b   Jenkins, Herman A ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030022816     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.1.39     Document Type: Article

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