Larger center of pressure minus center of gravity in the elderly induces larger body acceleration during quiet standing

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 422, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Masani, Kei ^a,b   Vette, Albert H ^a,b   Kouzaki, Motoki ^c   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^c   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^d   Popovic, Milos R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Toronto Rehab   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Center of gravity; Center of mass; Center of pressure; Equilibrium; Standing

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STANDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 34447558264     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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