Variations in anterior-posterior CoP patterns in elderly adults between psychophysically detected and non-detected short horizontal perturbations

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 5427-5430

  Nakappan, S ^a   Robinson, C J ^a,b   Darbhe, V A ^a   Storey, C M ^a   O'Neal, K K ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Center of pressure; Dynamic posture and balance assessment; Sway

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PATTERN MATCHING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BALANCE ASSESSMENT; DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (DPN); DYNAMIC POSTURES;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 33846913895     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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