Does head extension and flexion increase postural instability in elderly subjects when visual information is kept constant?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Buckley, John G ^a   Anand, Vijay ^a   Scally, Andy ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Head extension; Head flexion; Postural stability; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 16644401838     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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