Linking stability to demographics, strength and sensory system function in women over 40 to support pre-emptive preventive intervention

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-154

  Choy, N Low ^a   Brauer, S ^a   Nitz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance Loss; Screening; Sensory System Function; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISION;

EID: 41349117232     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130801931821     Document Type: Article

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