Sensory training effects on obstacle avoidance in healthy older adults

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Kovacs, Christopher ^a   Williams, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Exercise; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SENSORY EVALUATION; TRAINING; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 12244290590     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148v22n03_01     Document Type: Article

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