Reliability study of postural sway using the Sharpe Sway Unit

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-15

  Sharpe, Margie ^a   Tomich, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031888045     PISSN: 10372105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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