Frontal plane ankle proprioceptive thresholds and unipedal balance

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-157

  Son, Jaebum ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^a   Richardson, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Neuropathy; Postural equilibrium; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549085583     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21194     Document Type: Article

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