Reliability of an inclinometric method for assessment of body sway

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Korpelainen, Raija ^a,b   Kaikkonen, Hannu ^a,b   Kampman, Ville ^b   Korpelainen, Juha T ^b  

^a OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCLINOMETRIC DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STANDING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 21044435354     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2005-13205     Document Type: Article

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