Impact of exercise on seniors' motor control response to external dynamics

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-55

  Dunn, Brandie ^a   Bocksnick, Jochen ^a   Hagen, Brad ^a   Fu, Yibing ^b   Li, Xi ^a   Yuan, Jinzhou ^c   Shan, Gongbing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xi an Physical Education University   (China)

Author keywords

Balance; Community dwelling; Elderly; Environment dynamics; Exercise; Fall; Motor control; Walklike stance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELDERLY CARE; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; STATIC EXERCISE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALBERTA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41449101845     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620701877024     Document Type: Article

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