Postural sway following prolonged exposure to an inclined surface

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 652-658

  Wade, Chip ^a   Davis, Jerry ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Inclined surface; Postural control

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF PRESSURES; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FALLS; FORCE PLATES; INCLINED SURFACE; NON-FATAL; POST EXPOSURES; POSTURAL CONTROL; POSTURAL STABILITIES; POSTURAL SWAYS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

ROOFS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCLINED SURFACE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 61549106629     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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