Postural control in elderly subjects participating in balance training

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Nagy, Edit ^a   Feher Kiss, Anna ^a   Barnai, Mária ^a   Domján Preszner, Andrea ^a   Angyan, Lajos ^b   Horvath, Gyongyi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Exercise; Frequency; Postural sway; Training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TRAINING;

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 34249302066     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0407-x     Document Type: Article

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