Effect of age and height on trunk sway during stance and gait

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 75-87

  Hegeman, Judith ^a   Shapkova, Elena Yu ^b   Honegger, Flurin ^a   Allum, John H J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c University ORL Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSDUCER; TRUNK; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RUNNING; VISION; WALKING;

EID: 43649090216     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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