The reliability of postural sway measures using the 3SPACE tracker

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 361-363

  Carrera, Deborah J ^a   Sharpe, M H ^a   Pearcy, M J ^b   Frick, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic measurement device; Measurement; Postural control; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RELIABILITY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE; POSTURAL CONTROL;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030249542     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0033(96)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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