Effects of ageing on adaptation during vibratory stimulation of the calf and neck muscles

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Patel, M ^a   Fransson, P A ^a   Magnusson, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ageing; Attention; Balance; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURAL BALANCE; VIBRATION; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749093370     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188114     Document Type: Article

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