The effects of foam surface properties on standing body movement

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 952-960

  Patel, M ^a   Fransson, P A ^a   Lush, D ^b   Petersen, H ^c   Magnusson, M ^a   Johansson, R ^a   Gomez, S ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Compliant surface; Foam; Human standing; Mechanoreceptors; Posturography; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; EYELID CLOSURE; FOAM; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND; VISION;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49649104479     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701827517     Document Type: Article

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