The influence of height, age, center of foot pressure, trunk flexion angle, and gait speed on the functional reach test

Rigakuryoho Kagaku

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-200

  Maeoka, Hiroshi ^a   Kanai, Shusaku ^b   Sakaguchi, Akira ^c   Uzaki, Tomofumi ^a   Kawahara, Yuki ^a   Ono, Takeya ^b  

^a Soreiyukai Kodama Hospital   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Department of Rehabilitation Harumikai Excel Tomonoura ^*

Author keywords

Center of foot pressure; Functional reach test; Trunk flexion angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746595841     PISSN: 13411667     EISSN: 13411667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/rika.21.197     Document Type: Article

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