Does the functional reach test reflect stability limits in elderly people?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Johnsson, Erika ^a   Henriksson, Marketta ^a   Hirschfeld, Helga ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Centre of pressure; Elderly; Functional reach; Kinematics; Kinetic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; SPINE;

EID: 0037272702     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970306099     Document Type: Article

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