Low visual acuity is associated with the decrease in postural sway

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-285

  Uchiyama, Masanobu ^a   Demura, Shinichi ^b  

^a Kanazawa College of Art   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Center of pressure; Healthy young adults; Postural control; Upright stance; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 59849103892     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.277     Document Type: Article

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