EquiTest modification with shank and hip angle measurements: Differences with age among normal subjects

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 435-444

  Speers, Rosemary A ^a   Shepard, Neil T ^b   Kuo, Arthur D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Dynamic posturography; Joint kinematics; Postural sway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR TEST;

EID: 0032787493     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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