Gender differences in platform measures of balance in rural community-dwelling elders

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Masui, Tetsuo ^a   Hasegawa, Yukiharu ^a   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Sakano, Shinji ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Sadao ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Elderly; Normative value; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23644441169     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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