Effects of age on balance control during walking

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 582-588

  Shkuratova, Nataliya ^a   Morris, Meg E ^a   Huxham, Frances ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Gait; Geriatrics; Locomotion; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; AGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; GAIT; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 2342587389     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.021     Document Type: Article

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