Postural stability of normal subjects measured by sway magnetometry: Pathlength and area for the age range 15 to 64 years

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Elliott, Clive ^a   FitzGerald, John E ^a,b   Murray, Alan ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK COMMUNITY HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Magnetometry; Normal limits; Posturography

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; MAGNETOMETERS;

AREA MEASUREMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; NORMAL LIMIT; PATHLENGTHS; POSTURAL STABILITY; POSTUROGRAPHY; UPPER LIMITS;

MAGNETOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING;

EID: 0031885939     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/19/1/009     Document Type: Article

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