Measurement of sitting balance using the Manchester Active Position Seat (MAPS): A feasibility study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 661-668

  Powell, E S ^a   Pyburn, R E ^a   Hill, E ^a   Smith, K S ^a   Ribbands, M S ^a   Mickelborough, J ^b   Pomeroy, V M ^b,c  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; SITTING; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0036744480     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr537oa     Document Type: Article

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