Lateral stability and falls in older people

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 182-187

  Rogers, Mark W ^a   Mille, Marie Laure ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Frontal plane; Imbalance; Motor control; Physical rehabilitation; Standing equilibrium; Step reactions

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BALANCE DISORDER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; COORDINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FOOT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TORQUE; TRUNK; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION DISORDERS; WALKING;

EID: 0141988774     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200310000-00005     Document Type: Review

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