Reliabilities and inter-relationships of various stepping tests and evaluation parameters for the elderly

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 162-167

  Demura, S ^a   Yamada, Takay ^b   Shin, S ^a   Noguchi, T ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic balance; Elderly; Relationship; Reliability; Stepping movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845884090     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-006-0029-4     Document Type: Article

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