Changes in Postural Control with Aging and Parkinson's Disease

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 27-31

  Romero, Diana Helen ^b   Stelmach, George E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALLING; FITNESS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; AGED; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; FEEDBACK; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0042073056     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2003.1195692     Document Type: Review

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