Repeatability of body sway measurements; day-to-day variation measured by sway magnetometry

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Elliott, Clive ^a   Murray, Alan ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Magnetometry; Posturography; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; MAGNETOMETERS;

BODY SWAY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PATHLENGTHS; POSTURAL STABILITY; POSTUROGRAPHY; REPEATABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION;

MAGNETOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STABILOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031807896     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/19/2/003     Document Type: Article

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