Correlation between gait, balance, and age when people are standing and walking in normal, subdued, and no light conditions

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 23-40

  Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott ^a   Cuneo, Maria ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; balance; gait; motor control

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049146125     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: 15413152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148v26n03_02     Document Type: Article

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