Height of chair seat and movement characteristics in sit-to-stand by young and elderly adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-31

  Demura, Shinichi ^a   Yamada, Takayoshi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247492789     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.1.21-31     Document Type: Article

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