Postural compensations to the potential consequences of instability: Kinematics

Gait and Posture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-97

  Brown, Lesley A ^a,b   Frank, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Central set; Fear of falling; Habituation; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RISK;

EID: 0030807852     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(96)01106-X     Document Type: Article

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