Sway ratio - A new measure for quantifying postural stability

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Błaszczyk, Janusz W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Postural stability; Posture; Sway ratio

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SWAY RATIO;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PRESSURE; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 41749110950     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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