Reaching upward is more challenging to dynamic balance than reaching forward

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-164

  Row, Brandi S ^a   Cavanagh, Peter R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anterior safety margin; Balance confidence; Center of pressure; Dynamic balance; Forward reach; Functional assessment; Postural balance; Upward reach

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTERIOR SAFETY MARGIN; BALANCE CONFIDENCE; DYNAMIC BALANCE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAVITY; GRAVITY CENTER; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33845948182     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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