Body weight is a strong predictor of postural stability

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-38

  Hue, Olivier ^a   Simoneau, Martin ^a   Marcotte, Julie ^a   Berrigan, Félix ^a   Doré, Jean ^a   Marceau, Picard ^b,c   Marceau, Simon ^b,c   Tremblay, Angelo ^a   Teasdale, Normand ^a  

^a Phys Activity Sciences Laboratory   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Balance control; Body weight; Center of pressure; Posturography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 34247358655     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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