Postural control is scaled to level of postural threat

Gait and Posture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Adkin, Allan L ^a   Frank, James S ^a   Carpenter, Mark G ^a   Peysar, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; Fear of falling; Postural control; Postural threat; Prior experience; Scaling; Surface height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; FALLING; FEAR; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; FEAR; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 0034307642     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(00)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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