Association between ankle muscle strength and limit of stability in older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Melzer, Itshak ^a   Benjuya, Nissim ^b   Kaplanski, Jacob ^a   Alexander, Neil ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b KAYE ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN SENSATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849103535     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn249     Document Type: Letter

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