Dynamic balance control in elders: Gait initiation assessment as a screening tool

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 490-494

  Chang, Hwa Ann ^a   Krebs, David E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCREENING TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0032899987     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90187-9     Document Type: Article

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