Influence of testing position and age on measures of ankle proprioception

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Westlake, Kelly P ^a   Culham, Elsie G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age factors; Ankle joint; Kinesthesia; Position sense; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROPRIOCEPTION; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33645126647     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190600589226     Document Type: Article

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