Body-sway characteristics during a static upright posture in the elderly

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-197

  Demura, Shin Ichi ^a   Kitabayashi, Tamotsu ^b   Aoki, Hiroki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Evaluation of the center of pressure; Static upright posture; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 55749104921     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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