Effect of age on body sway assessed by computerized posturography

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-156

  Fujita, Takuo ^a,b   Nakamura, Shoji ^a   Ohue, Mutsumi ^a   Fujii, Yoshio ^b   Miyauchi, Akimitsu ^c   Takagi, Yasuyuki ^c   Tsugeno, Hirofumi ^d  

^a Katsuragi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Calcium Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Japan   (Japan)

^d Tsuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Body sway; Center of gravity; Computerized posturography; Romberg ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABILOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; VISION;

EID: 17844394433     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-004-0554-7     Document Type: Article

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