Clinical assessment of balance: Normative data, and gender and age effects

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Vereeck, Luc ^a,b,c,d   Wuyts, Floris ^b   Truijen, Steven ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul ^b,c  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Hoger Instituut Voor Kinesitherapie and Ergotherapie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age effect; Clinical balance assessment; Gender effect; Normative data; One leg stance; Tandem Romberg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; WALKING;

EID: 38749130459     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701689688     Document Type: Article

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