The relation between postural stability and weight distribution in healthy subjects

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-477

  Anker, Linda C ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,b   van Nes, Ilse J W ^a,b   Nienhuis, Bart ^a   Straatman, Huub ^b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^b  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control asymmetry; Postural control; Weight bearing asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CENTER OF PRESSURE; FEMALE; FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 44249105398     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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