Age-dependent differences in the time course of postural control during sensory perturbations

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-99

  Dickin, D Clark ^a   Brown, Lesley A ^b   Doan, Jon B ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Equilibrium quotient; Postural control; Sensory perturbation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; TIME;

EID: 33744792053     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327423     Document Type: Article

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