Improving balance

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1363-1370

  Robbins, Steven ^a,b,c,e   Waked, Edward ^c   Krouglicof, Nicholas ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SATISFACTION; SHOE;

EID: 0031728787     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06002.x     Document Type: Article

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