Posturography changes do not predict functional performance changes

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 797-803

  O'Neill, Dale E ^a   Gill Body, Kathleen M ^a   Krebs, David E ^a,b  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Postural control; Posturography; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031765088     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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