Time requirement for young and elderly women to move into a position for breaking a fall with outstretched hands

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1553-1557

  Robinovitch, Stephen N ^a   Normandin, Sarah C ^a   Stotz, Paula ^a   Maurer, Jessica D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31344441390     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.12.1553     Document Type: Article

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