Height, surface firmness, and visual reference effects on balance control

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Simeonov, Peter ^a   Hsiao, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance control; Falls; Occupational injury; Visual references

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035462673     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.suppl_1.i50     Document Type: Article

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