Postural stability and physical performance in social dancers

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 697-701

  Zhang, Jian Guo ^a   Ishikawa Takata, Kazuko ^b   Yamazaki, Hideo ^c   Morita, Takae ^c   Ohta, Toshiki ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait; Postural stability; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; THORAX;

EID: 41549155963     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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