Influence of visual control, conduction, and central integration on static and dynamic balance in healthy older adults

Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-231

  Perrin, Philippe P ^a,c   Jeandel, Claude ^b   Perrin, Claude A ^c   Béné, Marie C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Service de Médecine Interne B Gérontologie   (France)

^c Service ORL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Balance control; Dynamic posturography; Healthy older adults; Somatosensory afferents; Static; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RISK; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030789461     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213854     Document Type: Article

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