Contribution of vision to balance in children four to eight years of age

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 9 I, 2007, Pages 653-657

  Casselbrant, Margaretha L ^a,b   Mandel, Ellen M ^a,b   Sparto, Patrick J ^a   Redfern, Mark S ^a   Furman, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Optic flow; Posture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UROGRAPHY; VISION;

EID: 34548861799     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600905     Document Type: Article

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